US Patent Issued to The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, The State of Israel Ministry of Agriculture & Food Security Agricultural Research Organization on Sept. 9 for "Compositions for inoculating aquatic animals" (Israeli, Greek Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,637, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev Ltd. (Beer-Sheva, Israel) and The State of Israel Ministry of Agriculture & Food Security Agricultural Research Organization (Rishon-LeZion, Israel).

"Compositions for inoculating aquatic animals" was invented by Itzhak Mizrahi (LeHavim, Israel), Avner Cnaani (Beit Hashmonai, Israel), Foteini Kokou (Crete, Greece) and Sheenan Menachem Harpaz (Rehovot, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of culturing an aquaculture of an aquatic animal species of interest is disclosed. The method comprises inoculating the aquaculture with bacteria...