Taxon Biosciences Inc.

Taxon Biosciences in (pioneer Pat)

Victor Kunin

Matthew Cornyn Kuchta

Matthew N Ashby

Ladonna Wood

Ulrika Lidstrom

Christopher P Belnap

Caroline Kostecki

Natalia Shestakova

Matt Ashby

Stewart Scherer

Nastassia Patin

Matthew Ashby

Nasstasia Patin

The present application relates to plant growth promoting microbes (PGPMs), compositions comprising these PGPMs and methods of using these PGPMs and/or compositions for enhancing plant health, plant growth and/or plant yield, and/or for preventing, inhibiting, or treating the development of plant pathogens or the development of phytopathogenic diseases. This application also provides non-naturally occurring plant varieties that are artificially infected with a PGPM descried herein, as well as seed, reproductive tissue, vegetative tissue, regenerative tissues, plant parts, or progeny thereof.

Plant growth-promoting microbes, compositions, and uses

In alternative embodiments, the invention provides computational algorithms, computer programs, software and other methods, systems and products of manufacture (e.g., computers, devices or apparatus) for identifying members of microbial communities, their abundance and distribution from amplicon sequence data, and comparing microbial communities and consortia. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides computer-implemented methods comprising a subset of, substantially all, or all of the steps as set forth in the flow chart of FIG., FIG.or FIG.. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides methods for identification of consortia, optionally followed by construction of artificial microbial consortia from pure strains or enrichment cultures. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides compositions, fluids, bioreactors, muds, reservoirs or products of manufacture comprising a synthetic microbial consortium made by the method of the invention.

Compositions and methods for identifying and comparing members of microbial communities using amplicon sequences

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San Rafael, CA, United States of America

Victor Kunin