US 11,771,029 B2
Microbial compositions for the prevention or reduction of growth of fungal pathogens on plants
Robert McBride, South San Francisco, CA (US); Karen Hunt, South San Francisco, CA (US); Jamie Bacher, South San Francisco, CA (US); Veronica Garcia, South San Francisca, CA (US); and James Pearce, La Jolla, CA (US)
Assigned to Boost Biomes, Inc., Berkeley, CA (US)
Filed by Boost Biome, Inc., Berkeley, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/990,882.
Application 16/990,882 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2019/017692, filed on Feb. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/629,525, filed on Feb. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0112815 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. A01N 63/20 (2020.01); A01N 63/32 (2020.01); A01H 3/00 (2006.01); A01N 63/50 (2020.01); A01N 63/27 (2020.01); A01N 63/22 (2020.01); A01C 1/06 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01H 3/00 (2013.01) [A01C 1/06 (2013.01); A01C 21/00 (2013.01); A01N 63/20 (2020.01); A01N 63/22 (2020.01); A01N 63/27 (2020.01); A01N 63/32 (2020.01); A01N 63/50 (2020.01)] 19 Claims
 
1. A method of preventing or reducing the growth of a pathogen on a plant, or on a seed, flower, or produce thereof, comprising:
contacting the plant, or the seed, flower, or produce thereof, with a biocontrol composition comprising:
(i) a first microbe or a first microbe spore, and
(ii) a carrier,
and wherein (a) or (b):
(a) wherein the first microbe comprises a nucleic acid comprising a sequence at least 99% identical to any of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2, 4, 5, 11-14, 16-18, 20, 24 or 25; or
(b) wherein the first microbe comprises a Gluconobacter cerinus, and wherein the biocontrol composition further comprises a second microbe or a second microbe spore, the second microbe comprising a Hanseniaspora uvarum, and wherein (i) the first microbe comprises a nucleic acid comprising the 16S sequence having at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO: 24 or (ii) the second microbe comprises a nucleic acid comprising the ITS sequence having at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO: 25.