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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher A. Voigt, Belmont, MA (US);
Min-Hyung Ryu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 (2005.12); C05F 11/08 (2005.12); C12N 15/87 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 (2012.12); C05F 11/08 (2012.12); C12N 15/87 (2012.12); C12N 2510/00 (2012.12);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are engineered rhizobia having nif clusters that enable the fixation of nitrogen under free-living conditions, as well as ammonium and oxygen tolerant nitrogen fixation under free-living conditions. Also provided are methods for producing nitrogen for consumption by a cereal crop using these engineered rhizobia.