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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
Novozymes Bioag A/s, Bagsvaerd, DK;
Kenneth Edmund Kellar, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Megan Fruchte, Durham, NC (US);
Mike Jerry Schweiner, Durham, NC (US);
Jarrod Leland, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Anna Wysinski, Roanoke, VA (US);
Emily Looze, Bedford, VA (US);
Kimberley Clarke, Durham, NC (US);
William Pasutti, Durham, NC (US);
NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S, Bagsvaerd, DK;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides stable inoculant compositions and methods for enhancing the survival and/or stability of microorganisms in an inoculant composition. In some embodiments, the microorganisms in an inoculant compositions are stabilized by the presence of one or more sugar alcohols, humic acids and/or fulvic acids and one or more maltodextrins, monosaccharides, disaccharides, oxidation control components and/or UV protectants.