US Patent Issued to Novozymes on Sept. 22 for "Bacillus subtilis subspecies" (American, Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,146, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).

"Bacillus subtilis subspecies" was invented by Derrick Lewis (Durham, N.C.), Marianne Thorup Cohn (Copenhagen, Denmark), Adam Nelson (Salem, Va.), Preben Nielsen (Horsholm, Denmark) and Ravi Kumar (Davis, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to novel subspecies of Bacillus. The novel subspecies can improve health and performance of production animals. In one embodiment the Bacillus subtilis subspecies has activity against Clostridium perfringens and/or E. coli. The present application further relates to compositions comprisi...