Patent ID: 8623390

Claim:
A biologically pure culture of a bacterium effective for control of pink rot on potato tubers, said bacterium selected from the group consisting of Bacillus simplex strain 03WN13 deposited at the Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection under deposit accession number NRRL B-50565, Bacillus simplex strain 03WN23 deposited at the Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection under deposit accession number NRRL B-50566, Bacillus simplex strain 03WN25 deposited at the Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (NRRL) under deposit accession number NRRL B-50567 , Pseudomonas koreensis strain 101L21 deposited at the Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection under deposit accession number NRRL B-50568, Pantoea agglomerans strain 101L31 deposited at the Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection under deposit accession number NRRL B-50569, and Pseudomonas lini strain 131L01 deposited at the Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection under deposit accession number NRRL B-50570.