METHOD TO PROVIDE LONG-LASTING CLEANING

• Main Authors: CASERTA, JUSTIN ANGELO, MAGNONI, FRANCESCO, TAVERNIER, SARAH, KONYA, ABIGAIL MARY, BETTIOL, JEAN-LUC PHILIPPE, CHARBONNEAU, DUANE LARRY, DESILVESTRO, IRENE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 10.05.2024
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CANDLES; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; CHEMISTRY; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; TRAPPING; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS

A method of treating an inanimate surface to provide long-lasting cleaning, including prevention of mold growth on the surface, the method comprises the step of treating the surface with a composition comprising at least 102cfu/g of bacterial spores wherein the bacterial spores are selected from the group consisting of spores of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain D747 and a variant thereof, wherein the variant has at least 96% and preferably at least 99% whole genome sequence identity with Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain D747.