ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,612, issued on March 3, was assigned to MICROBIAL DISCOVERY GROUP LLC (Franklin, Ind.).
"Microbial strains and antibiotics" was invented by Michael R. King (Oak Creek, Wis.), Sona Son (Cudahy, Wis.) and Kyle Leistikow (Cudahy, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to direct-fed microbials for use in E. coli inhibition in animals in combination with antibiotics selected from the group consisting of ceftiofur, oxytetracycline, tulathromycin, and lincomycin. More particularly, the invention relates to isolated Bacillus strains 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 57, 71, and 126, and strains having all of the identifying characteristics o...