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The Two Tort Dit U Noutati Na Maturit In THETWO TORT DIT USU NOUTATI20180020671A1 NA MATURIT IN ( 19) United States (12 ) Patent Application Publication ( 10) Pub . No. : US 2018 / 0020671 A1 WIGLEY et al. ( 43 ) Pub . Date: Jan . 25 , 2018 ( 54 ) AGRICULTURALLY BENEFICIAL on May 22 , 2015 , provisional application No . 62 / 280 , MICROBES , MICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS, AND CONSORTIA 503 , filed on Jan . 19 , 2016 . (71 ) Applicant : BIOCONSORTIA , INC . , Davis , CA (US ) Publication Classification (72 ) Inventors: Peter WIGLEY , Auckland (NZ ) ; (51 ) Int. CI. Susan TURNER , Davis , CA (US ) ; AOIN 63 / 00 (2006 . 01) Caroline GEORGE , Auckland (NZ ) ; C12N 1 / 20 ( 2006 .01 ) Thomas WILLIAMS, Davis , CA (US ) ; (52 ) U . S . Cl. Kelly ROBERTS , Davis , CA (US ) ; CPC .. .. .. AOIN 63/ 00 (2013 . 01 ) ; C12N 1 /20 Graham HYMUS , Davis , CA (US ) ; ( 2013 .01 ) Kelvin LAU , Auckland ( NZ ) ( 73 ) Assignee : BIOCONSORTIA , INC ., Davis , CA (US ) (57 ) ABSTRACT (21 ) Appl . No. : 15 /549 , 815 The disclosure relates to isolated microorganisms- including (22 ) PCT Filed : Feb . 9 , 2016 novel strains of the microorganisms -microbial consortia , and agricultural compositions comprising the same. Further ( 86 ) PCT No. : PCT/ US2016 /017204 more , the disclosure teaches methods of utilizing the described microorganisms, microbial consortia , and agricul $ 371 ( c ) ( 1 ) , tural compositions comprising the same, in methods for ( 2 ) Date : Aug . 9 , 2017 imparting beneficial properties to target plant species. In Related U . S . Application Data particular aspects , the disclosure provides methods of (60 ) Provisional application No. 62/ 113 , 792 , filed on Feb . increasing desirable plant traits in agronomically important 9 , 2015 , provisional application No . 62 / 165 ,620 , filed crop species. 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