Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Lynn M Jacobson

Jo E Handelsman

Eric V Stabb

Robert M Goodman

David W Johnson

Kevin P Smith

A novel strain of Bacillus cereus, designated DGA34, has been isolated from the environment. The strain DGA34 is one of a number of B. cereus strains which are useful as biocontrol agents to combat fungal damping off disease in field crop plants, in part because of their production of the antibiotic zwittermicin A. Strain DGA34 has exhibited the best performance among a large number of natural isolates in producing the highest titer of zwittermicin A production.

Bacillus cereus strain DGA34

A novel strain of Bacillus cereus, designated MS1-9, has been isolated from the environment. The strain MS1-9, ATCC 55812, is one of a number of B. cereus strains which are useful as biocontrol agents to combat fungal damping off disease in field crop plants, and strain MS1-9 has exhibited good performance under high disease pressure among a large number of natural isolates in fostering the emergence and growth of alfalfa plants under normal field conditions in the upper midwestern U.S.

Bacillus cereus strain MS1-9, ATCC 55812

A novel strain of Bacillus cereus, designated AS4-12, has been isolated from the environment. The strain AS4-12 is one of a number of B. cereus strains which are useful as biocontrol agents to combat fungal damping off disease in field crop plants, and strain AS4-12 has exhibited the best performance among a large number of natural isolates in fostering the emergence and growth of alfalfa plants under normal field conditions in the upper midwestern U.S.

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Lynn M Jacobson