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AssigneeAmvac Chemical Corporation
InventorsBenjamin Gordon, Frederic Kendirgi
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Methods for selecting a microbe for co-formulation with a carrier are provided. In some examples, the methods include identifying a microbe that comprises one or more dipicolinic acid (DPA) synthase genes, a microbe that expresses one or more DPA synthase proteins, and/or a microbe that produces DPA; and selecting the microbe for co-formulation with a carrier. The methods optionally include co-formulating the selected microbe with the carrier. In some examples, the methods include detecting one or more DPA synthase genes or one or more DpaA and/or DpaB proteins in a microbe. In other examples, the methods include detecting DPA in a microbe or medium containing a microbe, for example, utilizing a fluorescence assay. Microbial compositions including one or more microbes that comprise one or more DPA synthase genes, express one or more DPA synthase proteins and/or produce DPA are also provided.
A method of improving plant growth, improving stress tolerance, and/or increasing crop yield, comprising contacting soil, plants, plant parts, or seeds with a composition comprising cells of microbial species including or consisting of microbes with 16S rDNA nucleic acid sequences having at least 99% sequence identity to each of SEQ ID NOs:
A method of improving plant growth, improving stress tolerance, and/or increasing crop yield, comprising contacting soil, plants, plant parts, or seeds with a composition comprising American Type Culture Collection deposit number PTA-125924.
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