MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517036658 A) filed by EL-I Technologies (PTY) Limited, Johannesburg, South Africa, on April 16, for 'bacterial composition and method for inoculation.'
Inventor(s) include Vermaak, Gerhard.
The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A bacterial composition for substrate inoculation to improve the fertility of the substrate comprises a predetermined concentration of at least one strain of autotrophic bacteria, wherein the autotrophic bacteria is characterised in having the ability to produce organic compounds in a predetermined substrate; and a predetermined concentration of at least one strain of mineral nutrient producing bacteria selected from a group including diazotrophic bacteria, potassium solubilizing bacteria and phosphate solubilizing bacteria, wherein the bacteria is characterised in having the ability to produce mineral nutrients in such predetermined substrate. The substrate inoculation of the autotrophic bacterial portion of the composition increases the production of metabolizable forms of organic compounds, and inoculation of the mineral nutrient producing bacterial portion of the composition metabolizes the increased organic compounds for an increased production of metabolizable forms of mineral nutrients in the predetermined substrate."
The patent application was internationally filed on Oct. 25, 2023, under International application No.PCT/ZA2023/050067.
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