Patent ID: 7097830

Claim:
A bioinoculant composition comprising cells of at least one purified culture of a Bacillus species selected from the group consisting of i) a Bacillus lentimorbus deposited as NRRL B-30486 exhibiting the following characteristics: a rod shape 1.5 to 2.0 microns in width and 3.0 to 6.0 microns in length, gram positive, negative catalase reaction, positive for anaerobic growth, negative Voges-Proskauer reaction, pH in V-P broth of 5.5, produces acid from D-glucose but not from L-arabinose, D-xylose or D-mannitol, produces gas from glucose, negative for hydrolysis of casein, gelatin and starch, negative for use of citrate, negative for conversion of nitrate to nitrite, negative for indole formation, grows on nutrient broth at pH 5.7 and at pH 6.8, grows in medium containing sodium chloride up to 10%, grows at a temperature of up to 55° C.; ii) a Bacillus subtilis deposited as NRRL B-30487 exhibiting the following characteristics: an oval shape 2.5 microns in width, gram positive, positive catalase reaction, negative for anaerobic growth, positive Voges-Proskauer reaction, pH in V-P broth of 5.8, produces acid from D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-xylose and D-mannitol, does not produce gas from glucose, positive for hydrolysis of casein, gelatin and starch, positive for use of citrate, positive for conversion of nitrate to nitrite, negative for indole formation, grows on nutrient broth at pH 5.7 and at pH 6.8, grows in medium containing sodium chloride up to 5%, grows at a temperature of up to 55° C.; and iii) a Bacillus lentimorbus deposited as NRRL B-30488 exhibiting the following characteristics: a rod shape 1.5 to 2.0 microns in width and 5.0 to 10.0 microns in length, gram positive, negative catalase reaction, positive for anaerobic growth, negative Voges-Proskauer reaction, pH in V-P broth of 5.2, produces acid from D-glucose but not from L-arabinose, D-xylose or D-mannitol, produces gas from glucose, negative for hydrolysis of casein, gelatin and starch, negative for use of citrate, negative for conversion of nitrate to nitrite, negative for indole formation, grows on nutrient broth at pH 5.7 and at pH 6.8, grows in medium containing sodium chloride up to 10%, grows at a temperature of up to 55° C.; and optionally a carrier.