METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING BACTERIAL LOAD IN TOBACCO

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16294214

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Methods and compositions are provided for expressing an endolysin in a bacterium or in a tobacco plant or plant part. Expression of the endolysin can reduce the total bacterial load on the plant and in tobacco products produced from the plant. Accordingly, the level of tobacco specific nitrosamines (TSNA) in a cured tobacco product can be decreased when the tobacco leaves used in the product were harvested from a plant expressing endolysin or when bacteria modified to express endolysin is used to treat the tobacco. Thus, bacteria and tobacco plants and plant parts are provided that express an endolysin. Further provided are methods for decreasing the microbial load on a tobacco plant and in a tobacco product by applying a solution of bacteria modified to express an endolysin or by modifying a tobacco plant to express endolysins.

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R J REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANYWINSTON-SALEM NC 27101-3804

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GERARDI, Anthony Richard Winston-Salem, US 86 508
MARSHALL, Jerry Wayne Stokesdale, US 31 379

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