US Patent Issued to Morgan State University on Sept. 1 for "Fremyella diplosiphon as a nutritional feed supplement for aquaculture" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,364, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Morgan State University (Baltimore).

"Fremyella diplosiphon as a nutritional feed supplement for aquaculture" was invented by Ingrid Tulloch (Baltimore) and Viji Sitther (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for improving aquaculture growth and/or survival rate and hemocyte viability, comprising growing the aquaculture in the presence of cyanobacteria F. diplosiphon. The aquaculture may be a shellfish aquaculture, for example, shrimp, crayfish, oysters, clams, mussels, and crabs or combinations thereof. The aquaculture may be freshwater aquaculture, brackish aquaculture, or saltwat...