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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2011
Applicants:
Mei Liu, College Station, TX (US);
Elizabeth Summer, College Station, TX (US);
Sarah Duggleby, College Station, TX (US);
Inventors:
Mei Liu, College Station, TX (US);
Elizabeth Summer, College Station, TX (US);
Sarah Duggleby, College Station, TX (US);
Assignee:
Phage Biocontrol Research, LLC, College Station, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 3/00 (2006.01); C02F 3/34 (2006.01); C02F 3/12 (2006.01); C12M 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of controlling filamentous bacteria responsible for foaming and bulking in wastewater systems with virulent bacteriophage. The method includes, optionally, identification of problematic filamentous bacteria and matching virulent bacteriophage, use of bacteriophage from phage libraries and concentration of filamentous bacteria and bacteriophage from the wastewater to be treated.