Bacteriophages for the control of bacterial speck disease
AssigneeEcoPhage Ltd.
InventorsOrly Savion, Olga Nissan, Sammy Frenk, Rudy Maor, Liat Avrahami-Moyal
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Abstract
Agricultural compositions are disclosed which comprise at least one isolated bacteriophage capable of infecting the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, the at least one bacteriophage having a genomic nucleic acid sequence at least 85% identical to one of the nucleic acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 1-23. The composition comprises no more than 10 different strains of bacteriophage. Uses thereof for treating bacterial speck disease are also disclosed.
Claims10
An agricultural composition comprising:
- (i) at least three non-identical isolated bacteriophages capable of infecting the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, said at least three non-identical bacteriophages having the genomic nucleic acid sequences as set forth in SEQ ID NOs:
- 17, 19, and 21 respectively;
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- (ii) an agriculturally acceptable carrier, wherein the composition comprises no more than 10 different strains of bacteriophage.
An article of manufacture comprising:
- (i) a first bacteriophage capable of infecting the pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, the bacteriophage having the genomic nucleic acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:
- 19;
- (ii) a second, non-identical bacteriophage capable of infecting the pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, the bacteriophage having the genomic nucleic acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:
- 17;
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- (iii) a third, non-identical bacteriophage capable of infecting the pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, the bacteriophage having the genomic nucleic acid sequence as set forth in SEO ID NO:
- 21.
A method of controlling or preventing bacterial speck disease of a tomato plant comprising contacting the tomato plant with at least three non-identical bacteriophages in an amount which is effective at infecting the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, said at least three non-identical bacteriophages having the genomic nucleic acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NOs:
- 19 and 21, thereby controlling or preventing the bacterial speck disease of the tomato plant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.