NZ767896B2

NZ767896B2 - Fusion proteins, recombinant bacteria, and methods for using recombinant bacteria

Info

Publication number: NZ767896B2
Application number: NZ767896A
Authority: NZ
Inventors: Ashley Siegel; Brian Thompson
Original assignee: Spogen Biotech Inc
Filing date: 2015-09-17
Publication date: 2024-04-30

Abstract

Fusion proteins containing a targeting sequence, an exosporium protein, or an exosporium protein fragment that targets the fusion protein to the exosporium of a Bacillus cereus family member are provided. Recombinant Bacillus cereus family members expressing such fusion proteins are also provided. Genetically inactivated Bacillus cereus family members and recombinant Bacillus cereus family members that overexpress exosporium proteins are also provided. Seeds coated with the recombinant Bacillus cereus family members and methods for using the recombinant Bacillus cereus family members (e.g., for stimulating plant growth) are also provided. Various modifiations of the recombinant Bacillus cereus family members that express the fusion proteins are further provided. Fusion proteins comprising a spore coat protein and a protein or peptide of interest, recombinant bacteria that express such fusion proteins, seeds coated with such recombinant bacteria, and methods for using such recombinant bacteria (e.g., for stimulating plant growth) are also provided.

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:

1. A plant seed coated with: (i) an enzyme that zes the production of nitric oxide; (ii) a superoxide dismutase; or (iii) a recombinant microorganism that expresses an enzyme that catalyzes the production of nitric oxide or a superoxide dismutase, wherein the expression of the enzyme that catalyzes the production of nitric oxide or the superoxide dismutase is sed as compared to the expression of the enzyme that catalyzes the production of nitric oxide or the superoxide dismutase in a wild-type rganism under the same conditions.

2. A plant seed of claim 1, wherein the plant seed is coated with the enzyme that catalyzes the production of nitric oxide.

3. A plant seed of claim 1, wherein the plant seed is coated with the recombinant microorganism that expresses an enzyme that catalyzes the production of nitric oxide.

4. A plant seed of claim 1, wherein the enzyme that catalyzes the tion of nitric oxide comprises a nitric oxide synthase.

5. A plant seed of claim 4, wherein the enzyme that catalyzes the production of nitric oxide comprises a nitric oxide synthase, and the nitric oxide synthase comprises a nitric oxide synthase from Bacillus thuringiensis BT013A or Bacillus is 168.

6. A plant seed of claim 4, wherein the enzyme that catalyzes the production of nitric oxide comprises a nitric oxide synthase, and the nitric oxide se comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 85% ce identity with SEQ ID NO: 260 or 261.

7. A plant seed of claim 1, wherein the plant seed is coated with the superoxide dismutase.

8. A plant seed of claim 1, wherein the plant seed is coated with the recombinant microorganism that expresses a superoxide dismutase.

9. A plant seed of claim 7, wherein the xide dismutase comprises superoxide ase 1 ) or superoxide dismutase 2 (SODA2).

10. A plant seed of claim 7, wherein the superoxide dismutase ses an amino acid sequence having at least 85% ty with SEQ ID NO: 155 or 156.

11. A plant seed of claim 1, wherein the recombinant microorganism comprises a Bacillus species, Escherichia coli, an Aspergillus species, or a Saccharomyces species.

12. A plant seed of claim 11, wherein the Bacillus species comprises a Bacillus cereus family member, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis, or Bacillus megaterium; wherein the Aspergillus species comprises Aspergillus niger; or wherein the Saccharomyces species comprises Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

13. A plant seed of claim 1, wherein the seed is coated with a formulation comprising the enzyme or the recombinant microorganism and an agriculturally acceptable r.

14. A plant seed of claim 13, wherein the agriculturally acceptable carrier comprises a dispersant, a tant, an additive, water, a ner, an anti-caking agent, residue breakdown, a composting formulation, a granular application, diatomaceous earth, an oil, a coloring agent, a stabilizer, a vative, a polymer, a coating, or a combination of any thereof.

15. A plant seed of claim 14, wherein the agriculturally acceptable carrier comprises an additive, and the ve comprises an oil, a gum, a resin, a clay, a polyoxyethylene glycol, a terpene, a viscid organic, a fatty acid ester, a ed alcohol, an alkyl sulfonate, a petroleum ate, an alcohol sulfate, a sodium alkyl butane diamate, a polyester of sodium thiobutane dioate, a benzene acetonitrile derivative, a proteinaceous material, or a combination of any thereof; the agriculturally acceptable carrier comprises a thickener, and the thickener comprises a long chain alkylsulfonate of polyethylene glycol, a polyoxyethylene oleate, or a combination of any thereof; the agriculturally acceptable r comprises a surfactant, and the surfactant comprises a heavy petroleum oil, a heavy petroleum distillate, a polyol fatty acid ester, a polyethoxylated fatty acid ester, an aryl alkyl polyoxyethylene glycol, an alkyl amine acetate, an alkyl aryl sulfonate, a polyhydric alcohol, an alkyl phosphate, or a combination of any thereof; or the agriculturally acceptable carrier comprises an anti-caking agent, and the anti-caking agent comprises a sodium salt, a calcium carbonate, diatomaceous earth, or a combination of any thereof.

16. A plant seed of claim 15, wherein additive comprises a proteinaceous material, and the proteinaceous material comprises a milk product, wheat flour, soybean meal, blood, albumin, gelatin, alfalfa meal, yeast extract, or a combination of any thereof; or the anti-caking agent comprises a sodium salt, and the sodium salt comprises a sodium salt of monomethyl naphthalene sulfonate, a sodium salt of dimethyl naphthalene sulfonate, a sodium sulfite, a sodium sulfate, or a combination of any thereof.

17. A plant seed of claim 13, wherein the lturally acceptable carrier comprises vermiculite, charcoal, sugar y carbonation press mud, rice husk, carboxymethyl cellulose, peat, perlite, fine sand, calcium carbonate, flour, alum, a starch, talc, polyvinyl idone, or a combination of any thereof.

18. A plant seed of claim 13, wherein the formulation comprises an aqueous or oil-based solution for application to seeds or a powder or granular formulation for application to seeds.

19. A plant seed of claim 13, wherein the ation further comprises an agrochemical, the agrochemical comprising a fertilizer, a micronutrient fertilizer material, an insecticide, an herbicide, a plant growth ent, a fungicide, an insecticide, a molluscicide, an algicide, a ial inoculant, a fungal inoculant, or a ation of any thereof.

20. A plant seed of claim 19, n the formulation comprises a bacterial inoculant and the bacterial inoculant comprises a plant-growth promoting strain of bacteria.

21. A plant seed of claim 20, n the plant-growth promoting strain of bacteria produces an insecticidal toxin, produces a fungicidal compound, es a cidal compound, produces a iocidal compound, is resistant to one or more antibiotics, comprises one or more freely replicating plasmids, binds to plant roots, colonizes plant roots, forms biofilms, solubilizes nutrients, secretes organic acids, or a combination of any thereof.

22. A plant seed of claim 21, wherein the insecticidal toxin ses a Cry toxin; wherein the fungicidal compound comprises a glucanase, a chitosanase, a lyticase, or a ation of any thereof; or wherein the nematocidal compound comprises a Cry toxin.

23. A plant seed of claim 20, wherein the plant-growth promoting strain of bacteria ses Bacillus attai CAP53 (NRRL No. B-50819), Bacillus aryabhattai CAP56 (NRRL No. B- 50817), Bacillus flexus BT054 (NRRL No. B-50816), Paracoccus kondratievae NC35 (NRRL No. B-50820), Bacillus mycoides BT155 (NRRL No. B-50921), Enterobacter cloacae CAP12 (NRRL No. 2), Bacillus nii BOBA57 (NRRL No. NRRL B-50821), Bacillus mycoides EE118 (NRRL No. B-50918), Bacillus subtilis EE148 (NRRL No. B-50927), Alcaligenes faecalis EE107 (NRRL No. B-50920), Bacillus mycoides EE141 (NRRL NO. B-50916), Bacillus mycoides BT46-3 (NRRL No. B-50922), Bacillus cereus family member EE128 (NRRL No. B-50917), Bacillus giensis BT013A (NRRL No. B-50924), Paenibacillus massiliensis BT23 (NRRL No. B-50923), Bacillus cereus family member EE349 (NRRL No. B-50928), Bacillus subtilis EE218 (NRRL No. B-50926), Bacillus megaterium EE281 (NRRL No. B-50925), Bacillus cereus family member EE-B00377 (NRRL B-67119); Bacillus mycoides EE-B00366 (NRRL B- , Bacillus mycoides EE-B00363 (NRRL B-67121), Bacillus pumilus EE-B00143 (NRRL 3), or Bacillus thuringiensis EE-B00184 (NRRL B-67122), or a combination of any thereof.

24. A method for stimulating germination of a plant seed comprising: introducing into a plant growth medium, or applying to a plant, a plant seed, or an area surrounding a plant or a plant seed: (i) an enzyme that catalyzes the production of nitric oxide; (ii) a superoxide dismutase; or (iii) a inant microorganism that expresses an enzyme that catalyzes the production of nitric oxide or a superoxide dismutase, wherein the expression of the enzyme that catalyzes the production of nitric oxide or the superoxide dismutase is increased as compared to the expression of the enzyme that catalyzes the production of nitric oxide or the superoxide dismutase in a wild type microorganism under the same conditions.

25. A plant seed of claim 19, wherein the agrochemical ses a fertilizer, and the fertilizer comprises a liquid fertilizer; wherein the agrochemical comprises a micronutrient fertilizer material and the micronutrient fertilizer material comprises boric acid, a borate, a boron frit, copper e, a copper frit, a copper chelate, a sodium tetraborate decahydrate, an iron sulfate, an iron oxide, iron ammonium sulfate, an iron frit, an iron chelate, a manganese sulfate, a manganese oxide, a manganese chelate, a manganese chloride, a manganese frit, a sodium molybdate, molybdic acid, a zinc sulfate, a zinc oxide, a zinc ate, a zinc frit, zinc phosphate, a zinc chelate, or a combination of any f; wherein the agrochemical comprises an insecticide, and the insecticide ses an organophosphate, a carbamate, a pyrethroid, an acaricide, an alkyl phthalate, boric acid, a borate, a fluoride, sulfur, a omatic substituted urea, a hydrocarbon ester, a biologically-based insecticide, or a combination of any thereof; wherein the agrochemical comprises an herbicide, and the herbicide comprises a chlorophenoxy compound, a nitrophenolic compound, a nitrocresolic compound, a dipyridyl compound, an acetamide, an aliphatic acid, an anilide, a benzamide, a benzoic acid, a benzoic acid derivative, anisic acid, an anisic acid derivative, a benzonitrile, benzothiadiazinone dioxide, a thiocarbamate, a carbamate, a carbanilate, chloropyridinyl, a exenone derivative, a dinitroaminobenzene derivative, a fluorodinitrotoluidine compound, isoxazolidinone, nicotinic acid, isopropylamine, an isopropylamine tive, oxadiazolinone, a phosphate, a phthalate, a picolinic acid compound, a triazine, a triazole, a uracil, a urea derivative, endothall, sodium te, or a combination of any thereof; wherein the emical ses a fungicide, and the fungicide comprises a substituted benzene, a thiocarbamate, an ethylene bis dithiocarbamate, a thiophthalidamide, a copper compound, an organomercury compound, an organotin compound, a cadmium compound, anilazine, benomyl, cyclohexamide, dodine, azole, iprodione, metlaxyl, thiamimefon, triforine, or a ation of any thereof; wherein the agrochemical comprises a fungal ant and the fungal inoculant comprises a fungal inoculant of the family Glomeraceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Claroidoglomeraceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Gigasporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Acaulosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Sacculosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Entrophosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Pacidsporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Diversisporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Paraglomeraceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Archaeosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family honaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Ambisporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Scutellosporaceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Dentiscultataceae, a fungal inoculant of the family Racocetraceae, a fungal ant of the phylum Basidiomycota, a fungal inoculant of the phylum Ascomycota, a fungal inoculant of the phylum Zygomycota, or a combination of any thereof; or wherein the agrochemical comprises a bacterial inoculant and the bacterial inoculant comprises a bacterial inoculant of the genus Rhizobium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Bradyrhizobium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Mesorhizobium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Azorhizobium, a bacterial ant of the genus Allorhizobium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Sinorhizobium, a ial inoculant of the genus Kluyvera, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Azotobacter, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Pseudomonas, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Azospirillium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Bacillus, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Streptomyces, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Paenibacillus, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Paracoccus, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Enterobacter, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Alcaligenes, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Mycobacterium, a ial inoculant of the genus Trichoderma, a ial inoculant of the genus Gliocladium, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Glomus, a bacterial inoculant of the genus Klebsiella, or a combination of any thereof.

26. A plant seed of claim 19, wherein the agrochemical comprises a fungicide, and the fungicide comprises aldimorph, ampropylfos, ampropylfos ium, andoprim, anilazine, azaconazole, azoxystrobin, benalaxyl, nil, benomyl, benzamacril, benzamacryl-isobutyl, hos, binapacryl, biphenyl, bitertanol, blasticidin-S, boscalid, bromuconazole, bupirimate, buthiobate, calcium polysulphide, capsimycin, captafol, captan, dazim, , quinomethionate, chlobenthiazone, chlorfenazole, chloroneb, chloropicrin, chlorothalonil, chlozolinate, clozylacon, cufraneb, cymoxanil, cyproconazole, cyprodinil, uram, rb, dichlorophen, diclobutrazole, diclofluanid, diclomezine, dicloran, fencarb, dimethirimol, dimethomorph, dimoxystrobin, nazole, diniconazole-M, dinocap, diphenylamine, dipyrithione, ditalimfos, dithianon, dodemorph, dodine, drazoxolon, edifenphos, onazole, etaconazole, ethirimol, etridiazole, famoxadon, fenapanil, fenarimol, fenbuconazole, fenfuram, fenitropan, fenpiclonil, fenpropidin, fenpropimorph, fentin acetate, fentin hydroxide, ferbam, ferimzone, nam, flumetover, fluoromide, fluquinconazole, flurprimidol, flusilazole, flusulfamide, flutolanil, flutriafol, , fosetyl-aluminium, fosetyl-sodium, fthalide, fuberidazole, furalaxyl, furametpyr, furcarbonil, furconazole, azole-cis, furmecyclox, guazatine, hexachlorobenzene, hexaconazole, hymexazole, imazalil, imibenconazole, iminoctadine, iminoctadine albesilate, iminoctadine triacetate, rb, iprobenfos (IBP), iprodione, irumamycin, isoprothiolane, isovaledione, kasugamycin, kresoxim-methyl, copper ations, such as: copper ide, copper naphthenate, copper oxychloride, copper sulphate, copper oxide, oxine-copper and Bordeaux mixture, mancopper, mancozeb, maneb, meferimzone, mepanipyrim, mepronil, metconazole, methasulfocarb, roxam, metiram, metomeclam, metsulfovax, mildiomycin, myclobutanil, myclozolin, nickel dimethyldithiocarbamate, nitrothalisopropyl , nuarimol, ofurace, oxadixyl, oxamocarb, oxolinic acid, oxycarboxim, thiin, paclobutrazole, pefurazoate, penconazole, pencycuron, phosdiphen, pimaricin, piperalin, polyoxin, polyoxorim, probenazole, prochloraz, procymidone, propamocarb, propanosine-sodium, onazole, propineb, prothiocinazole, pyrazophos, nox, thanil, pyroquilon, pyroxyfur, quinconazole, quintozene (PCNB), sulphur and sulphur preparations, tebuconazole, tecloftalam, tecnazene, lasis, tetraconazole, thiabendazole, thicyofen, thifluzamide, thiophanate-methyl, tioxymid, tolclofos-methyl, tolylfluanid, triadimefon, triadimenol, triazbutil, triazoxide, trichlamide, tricyclazole, tridemorph, trifloxystrobin, triflumizole, triforine, uniconazole, validamycin A, vinclozolin, viniconazole, zarilamide, zineb, ziram and also Dagger G, OK-8705, OK-8801, a-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-(3-(2-phenoxyethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazoleeth anol, a-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-[3-fluoropropyl-1 ,4-triazoleethanol, a-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)- [3-methoxy-a-methyl-1 H-1,2,4-triazol e-1 -ethanol, a-(5-methyl -1,3-dioxanyl)-[3-[[4- (trifluoromethyl) -phenyl]-met hylene]-1 H-1,2,4-triazole-1 -ethanol, (5RS,6RS)hydroxy- 2,2,7,7-tetramethyl(1 H-1,2,4-triazolyl)octanone, (E)-a-(methoxyimino)-N-methyl phenoxy-phenylacetamide, 1-isopropyl{2-methyl[[[1-(4-methylphenyl)-ethyl]-amino]- carbonyl]-propyl}carbamate, 1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)(1 4-triazolyl)-ethanone-O- (phenyl methyl)-oxime, 1-(2-methylnaphthalenyl)-1 H-pyrrole-2,5-dione, 1-(3,5- dichlorophenyl)(2-propenyl)-2,5-pyrrolidindione, iodomethyl)-sulphonyl]methylbenzene , 1-[[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-1, 3-dioxolanyl]-methyl]-1 H-imidazole, (4- chlorophenyl)phenyloxiranyl]-methyl]-1 H-1,2,4-triazole, 1-[1-[2-[(2,4-dichlorophenyl)- methoxy]-phenyl]-ethenyl]-1 H-imidazole, 1-methyl nonyl(phenylmethyl)pyrroIidinole, 2',6'-dibromomethyl-4'-trifluoromethoxy-4'-trifluoro-methyl-1, 3-thiazole -carboxanilide, 2,2- dichloro-N-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-ethyl]ethylmethyl-cyclopropanecarboxamide, 2,6- dichloro(methylthio)pyrimidinyl-thiocyanate, 2,6-dichloro-N-(4-trifluoromethylbenzyl)- benzamide, 2,6-dichloro-N-[[4-(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl]-methyl]-benzamide, 2-(2,3,3-triiodo propenyl)-2H-tetrazole, 2-[(1-methylethyl)-sul phonyl](trichloromethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazole, 2- [[6-deoxyO-(4methyl-(3-D-glycopyranosyl)-a-D-glucopyranos yl]-amino]methoxy-1 H- pyrrolo [2,3-d]pyri midinecarbonitrile, 2-aminobutane, 2-bromo(bromomethyl)- pentanedinitrile, 2-chloro-N-(2,3-dihydro-1,1,3-trimethyl-1 H-indenyl) pyridinecarboxamide, 2-chloro-N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-(isothiocyanatomethyl)-acetamide, 2- phenylphenol (OPP), 3,4-dichloro[4-(difluoromethoxy)-phenyl]-pyrrole-2,5-dione, 3,5- dichloro-N-[cyano[(1-methylpropynyl)-oxy]-methyl]-benzamide, 3-(1,1-dimethylpropyl oxo-1H-indenecarbonitrile, 3-[2-(4-chlorophenyl)ethoxyisoxazolidinyl]-pyridine, 4- chlorocyano-N,N-dimethyl(4-methylphenyl)-1 H-imidazole-l-sulphonamide, 4-methyltetrazolo ]quinazolin-5(4H)-one, 8-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-N-ethyl-N-propyl-1,4-dioxaspiro[4, 5]decanemethanamine, 8-hydroxyquinoline sulphate, 9H-xanthene[(phenylamino)- carbonyl]carboxylic hydrazide, bis-(1-methylethyl)methyl[(3-methylbenzoyl)-oxy]-2,5- thiophenedicarboxylate, cis(4-chlorophenyl)(1 H-1,2,4-triazolyl)-cycloheptanol, cis [3-[4-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)-phenylmethylpropyl]-2,6-dimethyl-morpholine hydrochloride, ethyl lorophenyl)-azo]-cyanoacetate, potassium onate, methanetetrathiol-sodium salt, methyl 1-(2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-indenyl)-1 H-imidazolecarboxylate, methyl N-(2,6- ylphenyl)-N-(5-isoxazolylcarbonyl)-DL-alaninate, methyl oroacetyl)-N-(2,6- dimethylphenyl)-DL-alaninate, N-(2,3-dichlorohydroxyphenyl)methylcyclohexanecarboxamide , -dimethyl phenyl)methoxy-N-(tetra hydrooxofuranyl)- acetamide, N-(2,6-dimethyl p henyl)methoxy-N-(tetrahydrooxothienyl)-acetamide, N-(2- nitrophenyl)methylnitro-benzenesulphonamide, N-(4-cyclohexylphenyl)-1,4,5,6- tetrahydropyrimidinamine, N-(4-hexylphenyl)-1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidinamine, N-(5- chloromethylphenyl)methoxy-N-(2-oxooxazolidinyl)-acetamide, N-(6-methoxy) pyridinyl)-cyclopropanecarboxamide, N-[2,2,2-trichloro[(chloroacetyl)-amino]-ethyl]- benzamide, N-[3-chloro-4,5-bis(2-propinyloxy)-phenyl]-N'-methoxy-methanimidamide, N- formyl-N-hydroxy-DL-alanine-sodium salt, 0,0-diethyl [2-(dipropylamino)oxoethyl]- ethylphosphoramidothioate, 0-methyl S-phenyl phenylpropylphosphoramidothioate, S-methyl 1,2,3-benzothiadiazolecarbothioate, and spiro[2H]benzopyrane-2,1'(3'H)-isobenzofuran]-3'- one, N-trichloromethyl)thio cyclohexane-l,2-dicarboximide, tetramethylthioperoxydicarbonic diamide, methyl -dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)-DL-alaninate, 4-(2,2-difluoro-l,3- benzodioxolyl)-l-H-pyrrolcarbonitril or a combination of any thereof.

27. A plant seed of claim 19, wherein the agrochemical comprises a bacterial inoculant of the genus Bacillus, and the bacterial inoculant of the genus Bacillus ses Bacillus argri, Bacillus aizawai, Bacillus albolactis, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, us cereus, Bacillus coagulans, Bacillus endoparasiticus, Bacillus endorhythmos, us kurstaki, Bacillus lacticola, us lactimorbus, Bacillus lactis, Bacillus laterosporus, Bacillus lentimorbus, Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus medusa, Bacillus metiens, Bacillus natto, Bacillus nigrificans, Bacillus popillae, Bacillus pumilus, Bacillus siamensis, Bacillus sphearicus, Bacillus spp., us subtilis, Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacillus unifagellatu, or a combination of any thereof.

28. A plant seed of claim 19, wherein the agrochemical comprises an herbicide, and the ide comprises 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, acetochlor, acifluorfen, alachlor, ametryn, atrazine, aminopyralid, benefin, furon, bensulide, bentazon, il, bromoxynil, te, carfentrazone, chlorimuron, chlorsulfuron, clethodim, clomazone, clopyralid, cloransulam, cycloate, DCPA, desmedipham, dicamba, dichlobenil, diclofop, diclosulam, diflufenzopyr, dimethenamid, diquat, diuron, DSMA, all, EPTC, luralin, mesate, fenoxaprop, fluazifop-P, flucarbazone, flufenacet, flumetsulam, flumiclorac, flumioxazin, fluometuron, fluroxypyr, fomesafen, foramsulfuron, inate, glyphosate, halosulfuron, hexazinone, imazamethabenz, imazamox, ic, imazaquin, imazethapyr, isoxaben, isoxaflutole, lactofen, linuron, MCPA, MCPB, mesotrione, metolachlor-s, metribuzin, metsulfuron, te, MSMA, napropamide, naptalam, nicosulfuron, norflurazon, oryzalin, oxadiazon, oxyfluorfen, paraquat, pelargonic acid, pendimethalin, phenmedipham, picloram, primisulfuron, prodiamine, prometryn, pronamide, il, furon, pyrazon, pyrithiobac, quinclorac, quizalofop, rimsulfuron, sethoxydim, siduron, simazine, sulfentrazone, sulfometuron, sulfosulfuron, tebuthiuron, terbacil, thiazopyr, thifensulfuron, thiobencarb, tralkoxydim, triallate, triasulfuron, tribenuron, triclopyr, trifluralin, triflusulfuron, or a combination of any thereof.

29. A plant seed of claim 19, wherein the formulation comprises an herbicide and a strain of bacteria that is e of degrading the herbicide.

30. A plant seed of claim 29, wherein the strain of bacteria that is capable of degrading an herbicide comprises Bacillus cereus family member EE349 (NRRL No. B-50928), Bacillus cereus family member EE-B00377 (NRRL B-67119), Bacillus pseudomycoides EE-B00366 (NRRL B- 67120), or Bacillus mycoides EE-B00363 (NRRL B-67121), or a combination of any thereof.

31. A plant seed of claim 29, n the herbicide comprises a sulfonylurea, an aryl triazine, dicamba, a phenoxy herbicide, 2,4-D, a rin, a roid, or a combination of any thereof.

32. A plant seed of claim 31, wherein the sulfonylurea comprises sulfentrazone.

33. A plant seed of claim 19, wherein the fertilizer comprises ammonium sulfate, um nitrate, ammonium sulfate nitrate, ammonium chloride, ammonium bisulfate, ammonium polysulfide, ammonium thiosulfate, aqueous ammonia, ous ammonia, ammonium polyphosphate, aluminum sulfate, calcium nitrate, calcium ammonium nitrate, m sulfate, calcined ite, calcitic one, calcium oxide, calcium nitrate, tic limestone, hydrated lime, calcium carbonate, diammonium phosphate, monoammonium phosphate, magnesium nitrate, magnesium sulfate, potassium nitrate, potassium chloride, potassium magnesium e, potassium sulfate, sodium nitrates, magnesian limestone, magnesia, urea, ureaformaldehydes , urea ammonium e, sulfur-coated urea, polymer-coated urea, isobutylidene diurea, K2SO4–2MgSO4, kainite, sylvinite, kieserite, Epsom salts, elemental sulfur, marl, ground oyster shells, fish meal, oil cakes, fish manure, blood meal, rock ate, super phosphates, slag, bone meal, wood ash, manure, bat guano, peat moss, compost, green sand, cottonseed meal, feather meal, crab meal, fish emulsion, humic acid, or a ation of any thereof.

34. A plant seed of claim 13, wherein the formulation comprises a salt of iron, manganese, boron, copper, cobalt, molybdenum, zinc, or a combination of any thereof.