US 11,871,752 B2
Agriculturally beneficial microbes, microbial compositions, and consortia
Peter Wigley, Auckland (NZ); Susan Turner, Davis, CA (US); Caroline George, Auckland (NZ); Thomas Williams, Davis, CA (US); Kelly Roberts, Davis, CA (US); Graham Hymus, Davis, CA (US); and Kelvin Lau, Auckland (NZ)
Assigned to BIOCONSORTIA, INC., Davis, CA (US)
Filed by BIOCONSORTIA, INC., Davis, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/811,312.
Application 16/811,312 is a continuation of application No. 15/549,815, granted, now 10,602,744, previously published as PCT/US2016/017204, filed on Feb. 9, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/113,792, filed on Feb. 9, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/165,620, filed on May 22, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/280,503, filed on Jan. 19, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0229443 A1, Jul. 23, 2020
Int. Cl. A01N 63/20 (2020.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12R 1/01 (2006.01); C12R 1/07 (2006.01); C12R 1/38 (2006.01); C12R 1/41 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 63/20 (2020.01) [C12N 1/20 (2013.01); C12N 1/205 (2021.05); C12R 2001/01 (2021.05); C12R 2001/07 (2021.05); C12R 2001/38 (2021.05); C12R 2001/41 (2021.05)] 16 Claims
 
1. A method of imparting at least on beneficial trait upon a plant species, the method comprising:
applying at least one isolated bacterial species to a plant or a growth medium having a plant, wherein the at least one bacterial species is selected from the group consisting of Kosakonia radicincitans deposited as NRRL Accession Deposit No. NRRL B-67171; Kosakonia radicincitans identified as strain BCI 107 deposited as NRRL Accession Deposit No. NRRL B-67946;
Novosphingobium sediminicola deposited as NRRL Accession Deposit No. NRRL B-67168;
Novosphingobium sediminicola identified as strain BCI 136 deposited as NRRL Accession Deposit No. NRRL B-67948; and,
Novosphingobium sediminicola identified as strain BCI 82 deposited as NRRL Accession Deposit No. NRRL B-67945; and combinations thereof; wherein the at least one isolated bacterial species is present in a composition that comprises a stabilizer, a preservative, a dispersant, a freezing point depressant, and a wetting agent; wherein the at least one isolated bacterial species is present in the composition at at least 1×10 3 bacterial cells per gram of the composition.