Patent ID: 8278246

Claim:
A method for producing a composition of bacteria effective as antagonists of fungal diseases of potatoes or inhibitors of sprouting of potatoes or both, said method comprising: a) inoculating a culture medium with at least two bacteria selected from the group consisting of Pseudomonas fluorescens deposited at the Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (NRRL) under deposit accession number NRRL B-21133 , Pseudomonas fluorescens deposited at the Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (NRRL) under deposit accession number NRRL B-21053, Pseudomonas fluorescens deposited at the Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (NRRL) under deposit accession number NRRL B-21102 and Enterobacter cloacae deposited at the Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (NRRL) under deposit accession number NRRL B-21050, and incubating the inoculated medium containing said bacteria under conditions effective for growth thereof and for a period of time effective to produce a co-culture of said bacteria; and (b) recovering said co-culture.