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US 12,501,901 B2Granted
Endophytic microbes for growth promotion of crop plants and suppression of aggressive invasive plant species
AssigneesRutgers, The State University of New Jersey, U.S. Geological Survey
InventorsJames F. White, Kurt P. Kowalski, Kathryn L. Kingsley, Matthew T. Elmore
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Abstract
Endophytic bacteria, compositions comprising the same, and methods of use thereof are disclosed which suppress growth of aggressive, invasive weed species which grow in the same habitat of target plants of interest.
Claims14
A synthetic combination comprising at least two microbes selected from:
- Rhodotorula sp. strain Abrus #1 having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 97% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 1,
- Aureobasidium pullulans strain Froelichia #2 having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 97% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 8
- Rhodococcus sp. strain AbrusR having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 97% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 3,
- Curtobacterium sp. strain Froelichia #4 having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 97% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 4,
- Paenibacillus sp. strain PA-NA-2B1 having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 97% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 5,
- Bacillus sp. strain AA2 having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 97% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 12,
- Bacillus sp. strain OMPDAP5BK having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 99% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 15,
- Bacillus sp. strain AA3A having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 100% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 13,
- Pseudomonas sp. strain PP4-F having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 100% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 18,
- Pseudomonas sp. strain PP16 having a 16S rDNA sequence with 100% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 16,
- Sphignomonas sp. strain OVYP4AD19 having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 99% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 10, and
- Exiguobacterium sp. PP21 having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 97% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 17 in a formulation suitable for application to a plant element or soil of a target plant, which modulate growth of undesirable competitor weed species growing in a habitat of said target plant, as compared to a reference, untreated plant grown under identical conditions, wherein said at least two microbes are combined by human endeavor, act synergistically, and are not found associated in nature.
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A synthetic combination comprising two or more microbes, selected from:
- Rhodotorula sp. strain Abrus #1 having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 97% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 1,
- Aureobasidium pullulans strain Froelichia #2 having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 97% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 8
- Rhodococcus sp. strain AbrusR having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 97% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 3,
- Curtobacterium sp. strain Froelichia #4 having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 97% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 4,
- Paenibacillus sp. strain PA-NA-2B1 having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 97% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 5,
- Bacillus sp. strain AA2 having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 97% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 12,
- Terrabacillus sp. strain OMYESP3B having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 97% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 14,
- Bacillus sp. strain AA3A having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 100% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 13,
- Pseudomonas sp. strain PP4-F having a 16S rDNA sequence with 100% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 18,
- Pseudomonas sp. strain PP16 having a 16S rDNA sequence with 100% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 16,
- Sphignomonas sp. strain OVYP4AD19 having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 99% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 10, and
- Exiguobacterium sp. PP21 having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 97% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 17,
- in a formulation suitable for application to a plant element or soil of a target plant, which modulates growth of undesirable competitor weed species growing in a habitat of said target plant, as compared to a reference, untreated plant grown under identical conditions wherein said at least two microbes are combined by human endeavor, -act synergistically, and are not found associated in nature.
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A synthetic combination comprising Aureobasidium pullulans strain Froelichia #2 having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 97% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 8, and Micrococcus luteus strain Lycopersicum #1 having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 97% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 36, in a formulation suitable for application to a plant element or soil of a target plant, which modulate growth of undesirable competitor weed species growing in a habitat of said target plant, as compared to a reference, untreated plant grown under identical conditions, wherein said at least two microbes are combined by human endeavor, act synergistically, and are not found associated in nature, wherein said combination increasing seedling mortality in said undesirable competitor weed species as compared to a reference, untreated plant grown under identical conditions.
A synthetic combination for inhibiting competitor weed root growth, comprising Rhodotorula sp. strain Abrus #1 having a 16S rDNA sequence with at least 97% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 1, and Micrococcus luteus strain Lycopersicum #1 having a 16S rDNA sequence with 100% identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 36, in a formulation suitable for application to a plant element or soil of a target plant, which modulate growth of undesirable competitor weed species growing in a habitat of said target plant, as compared to a reference, untreated plant grown under identical conditions, wherein said at least two microbes are combined by human endeavor, act synergistically, and are not found associated in nature.
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