Antifungal Paenibacillus strains, fusaricidin-type compounds, and their use

US10548326B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Isabella Siepe · Dossenheim, DE
• Heike BRUESER · Speyer, DE
• Kristin Klappach · Neustadt, DE
• Karl-Heinrich Schneider · Kleinkarlbach, DE
• Petra Sproete · Mannheim, DE
• Kerstin Hage · Nienburg, DE
• Birgit Blanz · Schifferstadt, DE
• Eckhard Thines · Mehlingen, DE
• Luis Antelo · Hochspeyer, DE
• Louis Pergaud Sandjo · Yaoundé, CM
• Till Opatz · Oberursel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 4, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 4, 2020
• Expiry date: Jan 15, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K14/195
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to novel isolated bacterial strains, which are members of the genus Paenibacillus, originally isolated from soil and showing antagonistic activity against a broad range of pathogens and being capable of producing antimicrobial metabolites. It was found that the strains Lu16774 and Lu17007 belong to a novel subspecies named Paenibacillus polymyxa ssp. plantarum while the strain Lu17015 belongs to a novel species which is proposed to be Paenibacillus epiphyticus. The present invention also relates to microbial pesticide compositions comprising at least one of such novel bacterial strains, whole culture broth or a cell-free extract or a fraction thereof or at least one metabolite thereof, and/or a mutant of at least one of said novel bacterial strains having all the identifying characteristics of the respective bacterial strain or whole culture broth, cell-free extract, fraction and/or metabolite of the mutant thereof showing antagonistic activity against plant pathogens. The present invention also relates to a method of controlling or suppressing plant pathogens or preventing plant pathogen infections by applying such composition. The present invention a…