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Bacteriophage and methods of making and using

US10377992B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Altria Client Services LLC · US
MICREOS B.V. · NL

Inventors

Dongmei Xu · Glen Allen, US
Elisabeth Miller · Midlothian, US
James Arthur Strickland · Richmond, US
Ujwala Warek · Chester, US
Steven Hagens · Wageningen, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 2, 2016
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 2, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N2795/12031
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Bacteriophage are provided, and methods of making and using the bacteriophage also are provided. The bacteriophage can be provided in a tobacco product, where the bacteriophage reduces the number of viable bacteria in the tobacco product and includes a nucleic acid sequence encoding an endolysin having at least 95% sequence identity to the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2.

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