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US 6,440,409 B1Granted
Method for efficient and highly selective control of microorganisms
AssigneeWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
InventorsG. Todd Milne, Gerald R. Fink
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Abstract
The invention features a method of selectively killing a first microorganism. The method includes: (i) contacting the first microorganism with a second microorganism that has a microcidal compound; and (ii) allowing the first microorganism and the second microorganism to undergo fusion, whereby the microcidal compound is delivered into and kills the microorganism that forms following the fusion.
Claims13
A method of selectively killing a first microorganism, said method comprising:
- a) contacting said first microorganism with a second microorganism that recombinantly expresses a microcidal compound;
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- b) allowing said first microorganism and said second microorganism to undergo fusion, whereby said microcidal compound is delivered into and kills the microorganism that forms following said fusion.
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