Patent ID: 7314748

Claim:
An aqueous odor controlling bacterial composition for treating a surface, the composition selected from the group consisting of composition (A) and composition (B), wherein said composition (A) includes: (i) bacteria spores, which become active when exposed to an odor-causing organic material and which, upon activation, are capable of digesting said odor-causing organic material; and (ii) an adhering agent, which is at least one selected from the group consisting of a fluorochemical, an acrylic co-polymer, a styrene butadiene rubber, a nitrile rubber, a polyvinyl chloride, and a stain blocker selected from the group consisting of a sulfonated phenol formaldehyde condensate polymer, a sulfonated naphthol formaldehyde condensate polymer, and a hydrolyzed vinyl aromatic maleic anhydride polymer, in an amount sufficient to adhere said bacteria to said surface upon application of said bacterial composition thereto and to allow said bacteria to remain adhered to said surface such that said bacteria can be exposed to said odor-causing organic material and become active, and wherein composition (B) consists essentially of: (i) bacteria spores, which become active when exposed to an odor-causing organic material and which, upon activation, are capable of digesting said odor-causing organic material; (ii) at least one adhering agent in an amount sufficient to adhere said bacteria to said surface upon application of said bacterial composition thereto and to allow said bacteria to remain adhered to said surface such that said bacteria can be exposed to said odor-causing organic material and become active; and, optionally, (iii) at least one odor neutralizing or odor trapping agent.