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US 12,467,047 B2Granted
Accelerated directed evolution of microbial consortia for the development of desirable plant phenotypic traits
AssigneeBioconsortia, Inc.
InventorsPeter Wigley, Caroline George, Susan Turner
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to methods for the screening, identification, and/or application of one or more microorganisms of use in imparting one or more beneficial properties to one or more plants.
Claims18
A method for modifying the microbial community in a soil, said method comprising:
- (a) growing a plurality of plants in a growth medium, in the presence of a first microbial community;
- (b) selecting at least one plant from said plurality of plants, following step (a), based upon a beneficial phenotypic trait exhibited by the plant relative to other plants of said plurality;
- (c) acquiring a second microbial community from the at least one plant selected in step (b);
- (d) repeating steps (a) to (c) in an iterative manner, wherein the second microbial community acquired in step (c) is used as an inoculum in step (a) of any successive repeat;
- (e) acquiring a microbial community that is associated with promoting the development of a beneficial phenotypic plant trait and placing said microbial community in a medium;
- (f) separating the microbial community from the medium after a period of time to provide one or more microbial composition;
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- (g) applying the one or more microbial composition of (f) to a soil.
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