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US 9,433,218 B2Granted
Isolated bacterial strain of the genus Burkholderia and pesticidal metabolites therefrom
AssigneeMarrone Bio Innovations, Inc.
InventorsRatnakar Asolkar, Marja Koivunen, Pamela Marrone, Ana Lucia Cordova-Kreylos, Huazhang Huang
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Abstract
A species of Burkholderia sp with no known pathogenicity to vertebrates but with pesticidal activity (e.g., plants, insects, fungi, weeds and nematodes) is provided. Also provided are natural products derived from a culture of said species and methods of controlling pests using said natural products.
Claims6
A method for modulating pest infestation in a plant comprising the step of:
- applying to the plant and/or seeds thereof and/or substrate used for growing said plant an effective amount of a fermented composition comprising whole cell broth from a Burkholderia strain A396 (NRRL Accession No. B-50319) fermentation, wherein said fermented composition comprises templamide A, templamide B, FR901465 and/or FR90128 to modulate said pest infestation.
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