US 12,102,090 B2
Agriculturally beneficial microbes, microbial compositions, and consortia
Peter Wigley, Auckland (NZ); Susan Turner, Auckland (NZ); Caroline George, Auckland (NZ); Thomas Williams, Davis, CA (US); Kelly Roberts, Auckland (NZ); 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 Sep. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/936,531.
Application 17/936,531 is a continuation of application No. 16/811,312, filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Application 16/811,312 is a continuation of application No. 15/549,815, granted, now 10,602,744, issued on Mar. 31, 2020, 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 2023/0047146 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A01N 63/20 (2020.01); A01N 63/25 (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)] 13 Claims
 
1. A method of reducing the amount of nitrogen-containing fertilizer applied to a plant, the method comprising applying an agriculturally acceptable composition to said plant, a part of said plant or to a growth medium comprising said plant or plant part, wherein the agriculturally acceptable composition comprises a stabilizer, a preservative, a dispersant, a freezing point depressant, a wetting agent, and an isolated bacterial species that comprises Paenibacillus polymyxa Strain 66545, which is deposited with the NRRL as Accession No. B-68114 deposit date 7 Apr. 2022; wherein the isolated bacterial species is exogenously disposed to said plant and present in an amount of at least about 10 3 CFU per gram of the agriculturally acceptable composition; wherein the plant has elevated biomass or yield as compared to a control plant not having said isolated bacterial strain applied to it.