Competitive and effective bacterial strains
AssigneeNovozymes Biologicals, Inc.
InventorsYaowei Kang, Jessica Smith, Shawn Semones, Kristi Woods
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Abstract
According to the present invention new isolates of bacterial strains have been shown to possess unique properties. These bacterial strains are plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium (PGPR), posses an enhanced competitive advantage at colonizing leguminous plants, and enhance the overall performance of leguminous plant growth. Further still, the present invention discloses a novel method for screening and selecting bacterial strains having the aforementioned beneficial characteristics.
Claims21
An inoculant composition suitable for coating seeds, said composition comprising an agronomic ally acceptable carrier, wherein the agronomically acceptable carrier comprises a peat-based powder or granule, and at least one biologically pure culture of Bradyrhizobia japonicum strain selected from the group consisting of:
- the strain having the deposit accession number NRRL B-50592;
- the strain having the deposit accession number NRRL B-50593;
- the strain having the deposit accession number NRRL B-50586;
- the strain having the deposit accession number NRRL B-50588;
- the strain having the deposit accession number NRRL B-50587;
- the strain having the deposit accession number NRRL B-50589;
- the strain having the deposit accession number NRRL B-50591;
- the strain having the deposit accession number NRRL B-50590;
- the strain having the deposit accession number NRRL B-50594;
- the strain having the deposit accession number NRRL B-50726;
- the strain having the deposit accession number NRRL B-50727;
- the strain having the deposit accession number NRRL B-50728;
- the strain having the deposit accession number NRRL B-50729;
- and
- the strain having the deposit accession number NRRL B-50730.
The inoculant composition of 3, wherein said at least one Bradyrhizobia japonicum strain is selected from the group consisting of:
- the strain having the deposit accession number NRRL B-50591;
- the strain having the deposit accession number NRRL B-50589;
- the strain having the deposit accession number NRRL B-50586;
- and
- the strain having the deposit accession number NRRL B-50594.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.