US Patent Issued to BOYCE THOMPSON INSTITUTE FOR PLANT RESEARCH on April 21 for "Compositions and methods for modulating microbiomes" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,893, issued on April 21, was assigned to BOYCE THOMPSON INSTITUTE FOR PLANT RESEARCH INC. (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Compositions and methods for modulating microbiomes" was invented by Daniel Klessig (Dryden, N.Y.), Murli Manohar (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Frank Schroeder (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods for modulating a microbiome are disclosed. In accordance with the instant invention, methods of modifying and/or modulating a microbiome (e.g., the composition of a microbiome) are provided. The methods of the instant invention comprise contacting the microbiome (e.g., the assemblage of organisms composing the mi...