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Method and inoculant for preserving agricultural products for animal feed
Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc
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Filing: 1985-08-01
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Granted: 1989-06-27
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Expires: 2005-08-01
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a method of preserving agricultural products comprising treating these products with an effective amount of Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 53187 or mutants thereof and the treating organism.
Inventors
- 👤 John E. Hill
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 02:39
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23B; A23B2/00; A23B2/70; A23B2/725; A23B2/729; A23B2/783; A23K; A23K30/00; A23K30/10; A23K30/15; A23K30/18; A23V; A23V2400/00; A23V2400/11; A23V2400/169; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S435/00; Y10S435/8215; Y10S435/822; Y10S435/853; Y10S435/857
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
25 words
A method of preserving an agricultural product which comprises treating said product with an effective amount of Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 53187 or effective mutants thereof.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
25 words
A method of preserving an agricultural product which comprises treating said product with an effective amount of Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 53187 or effective mutants thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said agricultural product is selected from silage, baled hay, and high-moisture grain.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 2, wherein said silage comprises at least one of animal or vegetable matter.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 3, wherein said animal matter comprises at least one of fish, poultry, or beef.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 3, wherein said vegetable matter comprises at least one of grass, legume, whole crop cereal, potato, or food manufacture waste.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 5, wherein said grass is selected from rye grass, timothy, cocksfoot, or fescue.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 5, wherein said legume is selected from alfalfa, pea, clover, lucerne, sainfoin, field bean, common vetch, or lupin.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 5, wherein said whole-crop cereal is selected from corn, sorghum, barley, wheat, oats, or rye.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 5, wherein said food manufacture waste is selected from sugar cane, sugar beets, peas, or fruit waste.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 2, wherein said high-moisture grain is selected from corn, sorghum, barley, wheat, oats, or rye.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said treating comprises applying said Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 53187 or mutants thereof to said agricultural products by mixing or spraying.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 11, wherein said mixing or spraying uses a bacterial composition comprising Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 53187 or effective mutants thereof.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 12, wherein said bacterial composition is in a liquid or dried form.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 12, wherein said composition comprises additional bacterial strains.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
30 words
A method of suppressing the growth of fungi in an agricultural product which comprises treating said product with an effective amount of Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 53187 or effective mutants thereof.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
30 words
A method of suppressing the growth of fungi in an agricultural product which comprises treating said product with an effective amount of Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 53187 or effective mutants thereof.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
68 words
A biologically pure culture of an organism selected from the group consisting of: (a) Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 53187 which possesses a fungal inhibiting property, and (b) a mutant derivative of Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 53187 which possesses a fungal inhibiting property that is equivalent to said fungal inhibiting property of Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 53187; wherein said culture is capable of use in enhancing the preservation of an agricultural product.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
68 words
A biologically pure culture of an organism selected from the group consisting of: (a) Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 53187 which possesses a fungal inhibiting property, and (b) a mutant derivative of Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 53187 which possesses a fungal inhibiting property that is equivalent to said fungal inhibiting property of Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 53187; wherein said culture is capable of use in enhancing the preservation of an agricultural product.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
15 words
A composition of matter comprising the biologically pure culture of claim 16 and a carrier.
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