Patent ID: 11963531
Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  C | IPC A  C

Claim 0:
1. An isolated Bacillus psychrosaccharolyticus strain, wherein
(a) the Bacillus strain has been deposited as ATCC accession number PTA-123720 or PTA-124246;
(b) the Bacillus strain has a 16S rDNA sequence that is at least 99.7%, identical to SEQ ID NO: 1 and/or 2, and wherein the Bacillus strain confers a positive agricultural trait or benefit to a crop plant when the crop plant is treated or associated with the Bacillus strain; or
(c) the Bacillus strain has a genome sequence that is at least 99.7% identical to the corresponding genome sequence of the Bacillus psychrosaccharolyticus strain deposited as ATCC accession number PTA-123720 or PTA 124246, and wherein the Bacillus strain confers a positive agricultural trait or benefit to a crop plant treated or associated with the Bacillus strain; and
wherein the isolated Bacillus strain has been freeze-dried or lyophilized.