MEANS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING PATHOGENS AND PESTS IN PLANTS

Fuente: WIPO "tomato"
The current invention relates to a purified bacterial strain suitable for controlling a pest or pathogen in a plant, said strain comprises at least one 16S nucleotide sequence that is at least 99.7% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1. The present invention also relates to a purified bacterial strain comprising at least one 16S nucleotide sequence that is at least 99% identical to SEQ ID NO:1, wherein said strain comprises in its genomic DNA at least one sequence that is at least 95% identical to a sequence chosen from SEQ ID NO: 3 to 12. The current invention also relates to an agricultural active formulation comprising a purified bacterial strain, and to the use of such purified bacterial strain. In addition, the present invention relates to a method of controlling a pest or pathogen in plants.