	US 12,421,489 B2
	Biological control of plant pathogenic microorganisms
Philip Elmer, Hamilton (NZ); and Stephen Hoyte, Hamilton (NZ)
Assigned to The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed by The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/408,169.
Application 17/408,169 is a division of application No. 16/331,938, abandoned, previously published as PCT/IB2017/055453, filed on Sep. 11, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/393,641, filed on Sep. 12, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 724271 (NZ), filed on Sep. 13, 2016; and application No. 725641 (NZ), filed on Oct. 28, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0380931 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. C12N 1/14 (2006.01); A01N 63/32 (2020.01); C12R 1/645 (2006.01)

CPC C12N 1/145 (2021.05) [A01N 63/32 (2020.01); C12R 2001/645 (2021.05)]

21 Claims

1. A method of controlling phytopathogenic bacteria and/or phytopathogenic fungi on a plant or plant part, the method comprising contacting the plant or part thereof with Aureobasidium pullulans yeast strain YBCA5, which is on deposit under CBS Accession #141880, or a composition comprising said yeast.