Patent ID: 11963530
Assignee: PIVOT BIO, INC.
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A seed treatment composition, comprising:
a. a plurality of non-intergeneric remodeled bacteria that have an average colonization ability per unit of plant root tissue of at least about 1.0×107 bacterial cells per gram of fresh weight of plant root tissue and produce fixed N of at least about 1×10−17 mmol N per bacterial cell per hour; and
b. at least one pesticide;
wherein said pesticide is selected from the group consisting of fludioxonil, metalaxyl, mefenoxam, azoxystrobin, thiabendazole, ipconazole, tebuconazole, prothioconazole, imidacloprid, clothianidin, thiamethoxam, chlorantraniliprole, Bacillus pumilus, Bacillus subtilis, captan, hydrogen peroxide, mancozeb, pyraclostrobin, Streptomyces griseoviridis, Streptomyces lydicus, thiram, Trichoderma harzianum Rifai, trifloxystrobin, chlorpyrifos, abamectin, Bacillus firmus, harpin alpha beta protein, indole butyric acid, carboxin, permethrin, triticonazole, ethaboxam, carboxyanilide, broflanilide, and combinations thereof;
wherein each member of the plurality of non-intergeneric remodeled bacteria comprises at least one genetic variation introduced into a member selected from the group consisting of: nifA, nifL, ntrB, ntrC, polynucleotide encoding glutamine synthetase, glnA, glnB, glnK, draT, amtB, polynucleotide encoding glutaminase, glnD, glnE, nifJ, nifH, nifD, nifK, nifY, nifE, nifN, nifU, nifS, nifV, nifW, nifZ, nifM, nifF, nifB, nifQ, a gene associated with biosynthesis of a nitrogenase enzyme, and combinations thereof; and wherein the plurality of non-intergeneric remodeled bacteria comprise non-intergeneric remodeled bacteria selected from the group consisting of: Rahnella aquatilis, Klebsiella variicola, Achromobacter spiritinus, Achromobacter marplatensis, Microbacterium murale, Kluyvera intermedia, Kosakonia pseudosacchari, Enterobacter sp., Azospirillum lipoferum, Kosakonia sacchari, and combinations thereof.