US 12,268,212 B2
Agricultural compositions comprising remodeled nitrogen fixing microbes
Mark Reisinger, Berkeley, CA (US); Ernest Sanders, Berkeley, CA (US); Richard Broglie, Berkeley, CA (US); and Karsten Temme, Berkeley, CA (US)
Assigned to Pivot Bio, Inc., Berkeley, CA (US)
Filed by Pivot Bio, Inc., Berkeley, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/540,318.
Application 18/540,318 is a continuation of application No. 17/254,175, granted, now 11,963,530, previously published as PCT/US2019/039217, filed on Jun. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/808,693, filed on Feb. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/690,621, filed on Jun. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0196903 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. A01N 63/20 (2020.01)
CPC A01N 63/20 (2020.01) 28 Claims
 
1. A composition, comprising:
a) a plurality of non-intergeneric remodeled bacteria; and
b) at least one herbicide;
wherein the non-intergeneric remodeled bacteria produce fixed N of at least about 1×10−17 mmol N per bacterial cell per hour;
wherein the non-intergeneric remodeled bacteria have an average colonization ability per unit of plant root tissue of at least about 1.0×104 bacterial cells per gram of fresh weight of plant root tissue; and
wherein the at least one herbicide belongs to a chemical family selected from the group consisting of: cyclohexanediones, aryloxyphenoxypropionates, phenylpyrazolins, imidazolinones, sulfonylureas, triazopyrimidine, sulfonylaminocarbonyltriazolinones, dinitroanilines, benzamide, arylpicolinate, phenoxyacetic acids, benzoic acids, pyridines, triazines, triazinone, phenyl-carbamates, uracils, benzothiadiazoles, nitriles, phenylureas, thiocarbamates, organophosphorus, isoxazolidinone, diphenylether, N-phenylphthalimide, aryl triazolinone, pyrazoles, pyrimidinedione, acetamides, benzofuranes, semicarbazone, bipyridiliums, isoxazole, pyrazolone, and triketone; or
wherein the at least one herbicide is selected from the group consisting of: 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, acetochlor, acifluorfen, alachlor, ametryn, atrazine, aminopyralid, benefin, bensulfuron, bensulide, bentazon, bicyclopyrone, bromacil, bromoxynil, butylate, carfentrazone, chlorimuron, chlorsulfuron, clethodim, clomazone, clopyralid, cloransulam-methyl, cycloate, dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA), desmedipham, dicamba, dichlobenil, diclofop, diclosulam, diflufenzopyr, dimethenamid, diquat, diuron disodium methylarsonate (DSMA), endothall, S-ethyl dipropyl carbamothioate (EPTC), ethalfluralin, ethofumesate, fenoxaprop, fluazifop, flucarbazone, flufenacet, flumetsulam, flumiclorac, flumioxazin, fluometuron, fluroxypyr, fomesafen, foramsulfuron, glufosinate, glyphosate, halosulfuron, hexazinone, imazamethabenz, imazamox, imazapic, imazaquin, imazethapyr, isoxaflutole, lactofen, linuron, 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA), 4-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy) butanoic acid (MCPB), mesotrione, metribuzin, indaziflam, metsulfuron, molinate, monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA), napropamide, naptalam, nicosulfuron, norflurazon, oryzalin, oxadiazon, oxyfluorfen, paraquat, pelargonic acid, pendimethalin, phenmedipham, picloram, primisulfuron, prodiamine, prometryn, pronamide, propanil, prosulfuron, pyrazon, pyrithioac, quinclorac, quizalofop, rimsulfuron, S-metolachlor, sethoxydim, siduron, simazine, sulfentrazone, sulfometuron, sulfosulfuron, tebuthiuron, tembotrione, terbacil, thiazopyr, thifensulfuron, thiobencarb, topramezone, tralkoxydim, triallate, triasulfuron, tribenuron, triclopyr, trifluralin, and triflusulfuron.