Microbial consortia

US11066341B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AMVAC CHEMICAL CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Sung-Yong H. Yoon · Lake Oswego, US
• Kathleen Swords · Chesterfield, US
• D. Ry Wagner · Burns, US
• Xing Liang Liu · Nanhu, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 2016
• Grant date: Jul 20, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 11, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N1/20
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed herein are microbial consortia and compositions including microbes for example for use in agricultural or biodegradation applications. In some embodiments, soil, plants, and/or plant parts (such as seeds, seedlings, shoots, roots, leaves, fruit, stems, or branches) are contacted with a disclosed microbial consortia or composition including microbes. The microbial consortia or microbe-containing compositions may be applied to soil, plant, and/or plant parts alone or in combination with additional components (such as chitin, chitosan, glucosamine, amino acids, and/or liquid fertilizer). In additional embodiments, the disclosed microbial consortia or compositions including microbes are used in methods of degrading biological materials, such as chitin-containing biological materials.