MUMBAI, India, April 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647040943 A) filed by Crobio Ltd., Macclesfield, U.K., on March 31, for 'engineered bacteria for improving soil quality.'
Inventor(s) include Mulhall, Ross.
The application for the patent was published on April 10, under issue no. 15/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to genetically engineered microorganisms, such as bacteria, modified to increase production of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), such a cellulose, by overexpressing at least one endogenous EPS synthesis and/or secretion gene. The invention also provides methods of producing said genetically engineered microorg...