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US 9,845,462 B2Granted
Microbial fermentation methods and compositions
AssigneeNewLeaf Symbiotics, Inc.
InventorGregg Bogosian
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods for the cultivation of the Methylobacterium genus of bacteria. In particular the method provides methods for the efficient and inexpensive cultivation of these bacteria. Additionally, the invention provides methods for the utilization of these bacterial cultures to improve plant agriculture.
Claims28
A plant that is at least partially coated with a composition comprising a fermentation product that comprises:
- (i) an exogenous solid substance wherein a mono-culture or co-culture of Methylobacterium is adhered thereto by having been grown on said solid substance as an axenic culture that is essentially free of contaminating microorganisms;
- and (ii) an agriculturally acceptable adjuvant, an agriculturally acceptable excipient, or a combination thereof.
A plant part that is at least partially coated with a composition that comprises a fermentation product comprising:
- (i) an exogenous solid substance wherein a mono-culture or co-culture of Methylobacterium is adhered thereto by having been grown on said solid substance as an axenic culture that is essentially free of contaminating microorganisms;
- and (ii) an agriculturally acceptable adjuvant, an agriculturally acceptable excipient, or a combination thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.