The present disclosure provides aqueous inoculant compositions and methods for enhancing the survival and/or stability of microbial spores in an inoculant composition. In some embodiments, aqueous inoculant compositions of the present disclosure comprise microbial spores, one or more dispersants, one or more protectants, one or more aqueous additives and a non-aqueous liquid carrier.

A novel method of growing fungi is disclosed which uses an engineered artificial media and produces high density filamentous fungi biomats that can be harvested with a minimum of processing and from which fungal products such as antibiotics, proteins, and lipids can be isolated, the method resulting in lowered fungus cultivation costs for energy usage, oxygenation, water usage and waste stream production.

A novel method of growing fungi is disclosed which uses an engineered artificial media and produces high density filamentous fungi biomats that can be harvested with a minimum of processing and from which fungal products such as antibiotics, proteins, and lipids can be isolated, the method resulting in lowered fungus cultivation costs for energy usage, oxygenation, water usage and waste stream production.

This application describes consortium between fungi and algae, where the algae are incorporated within hyphae of the fungi. The fungi, the algae, or both can be modified to express heterologous lipid synthesizing enzymes. Incorporation of algae into fungi facilitates harvesting of the algae and products produced by the consortia. Such consortia are robust. For example, the fungi and algae can symbiotically provide nutrients to each other and are tolerant of environmental stresses.

Disclosed are methods for identifying microbes that associate with other microbes, and possess new or improved characteristics. Also disclosed are microbes isolated using the methods. Also disclosed are methods for using the microbes.

The invention relates to an improved enzyme complex having a plurality of enzyme activities of an expression product obtained by fermentation of the genus Trichoderma in combination with one or more enzymes of a different fungus strain.

[A]queous inoculant compositions comprising microbial spores and methods for enhancing the survival and/or stability of microbial spores in an inoculant composition. In some embodiments, the aqueous inoculant compositions comprise microbial spores, one or more dispersants, one or more protectants, one or more aqueous additives in a non-aqueous liquid carrier.

Disclosed herein is a yeast strain capable of fermenting corn mash into ethanol with no exogenous glucoamy lase resulting in greater speed and efficiency than the leading industrial strain. Said yeast strain causes enhanced co-fermentation of DP3 sugars, maltose and glucose in strains otherwise identical to commercial fuel ethanol yeast strains.

The solution concerns a method of producing a composite pigment based on red, purple, orange and brown dyes with an antioxidant effect from a cultivation biomass of Penicillium oxalicum var. Armeniaca CCM 8242 and CCM 8374 microorganism strains, especially for the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, characterised by the initial biomass containing at least 10% w/w of a mixture of ? and ? glucans, 3% w/w niacin, 7% w/w pantothenic acid and 1.5% w/w pyridoxine in the dry matter.

The acquired composite pigment is characterised by typical maxima in the spectrophotometric diagram presented by molecular absorption spectrophotometry in the visible spectrum in wavelength range 400 nm to 800 nm, and that two maxima in a water solution, pH values of 7 to 7.5, where the first maximum on Lambda max.sub.1 is A=494 nm and the second highest maximum on Lambda max.sub.2 is A=420 nm, and two maxima in an alcohol solution, where the first maximum on Lambda max.sub.1 is A=502 nm and the second highest maximum on Lambda max.sub.2 is A=415 nm.

The present disclosure provides fungal strains capable of solubilizing phosphate, as well as compositions and methods of using those strains to enhance soil conditions and increase plant growth/yield. Fungal strains of the present disclosure may be used in conjunction with other agriculturally beneficial components such as fertilizers, pesticides and plant signal molecules.