Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Whole live micro-organism – cell – or virus containing – Bacteria or actinomycetales
Reexamination Certificate
2002-08-30
2008-12-30
Naff, David M. (Department: 1651)
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Whole live micro-organism, cell, or virus containing
Bacteria or actinomycetales
C424S093700, C435S410000, C435S822000, C435S823000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07470427
ABSTRACT:
Non-leguminous crops, e.g. wheat, maize and rice, do not form nodules and are dependant for their nutrition on fixed nitrogen from the soil, or from chemical
itrogenous fertilizers. The present invention provides non-leguminous plants and leguminous plants, including legumes that fail to nodulate withRhizobia, with bacteria that enable them to fix nitrogen endophytically. Therefore, the plants contain nitrogen fixing bacteria the bacteria being located intacellularly in living plant cells.
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Mathews, Shepherd, McKay & Bruneau, P.A.
Naff David M.
The University of Nottingham
Ware Deborah K.
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