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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2008
Lee E. Jackson, Layton, UT (US);
Rex S. Spendlove, Millville, UT (US);
Lee E. Jackson, Layton, UT (US);
Rex S. Spendlove, Millville, UT (US);
Omnilytics, Inc, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A lytic virus specific for a target strain of a microorganism and substantially free of undesirable genes may be utilized in processes including control of populations of microorganisms. The virus may include a host-range mutant, or 'h-mutant.' A method for generating virus includes growing virus-resistant variants of a target strain of a microorganism in the presence of viruses that are specific for the target strain. Only h-mutant viruses will proliferate. Wild-type virus-resistant and virus-resistant variants of a microorganism are also disclosed, as are methods generating such variants. Methods for controlling target strain microorganisms include introducing virus into a treatment site where control of a population of a target strain microorganism is desired or introducing virus-resistant variants of a microorganism into treatment sites where the presence of the microorganism is desired.