MICROBIAL INOCULANT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS

1 . A microbial inoculant composition comprising:

an aquatic Pseudomonas spp.; and

a Clostridium spp.;

wherein the aquatic Pseudomonas spp. produces a plant hormone beneficial to a plant.

2 . The microbial inoculant composition of claim 1 , wherein the aquatic Pseudomonas spp. comprises P. moraviensis or P. fluorescens.

3 . The microbial inoculant composition of claim 1 , wherein the Clostridium spp. comprises Clostridium saccharobutylicum.

4 . The microbial inoculant composition of claim 1 , wherein the produced plant hormone aids in growth of the plant.

5 . The microbial inoculant composition of claim 1 , further comprising a Bacillus spp.

6 . The composition of claim 5 , wherein the Bacillus spp. comprises B. megaterium, B. subtilis , or B. licheniformis.

7 . The composition of claim 1 , further comprising an aquatic Delftia spp.

8 . The composition of claim 1 , further comprising an aquatic Chryseobacterium spp.

9 . The microbial inoculant composition of claim 1 , further comprising an aquatic Pseudomonas fluorescens.

10 . The microbial inoculant composition of claim 1 , further comprising Brevundimonas kwangchunensis, Fictibacillus barbaricus/Bacillus barbaricus , a Prosthecobacter spp., Sphingobacterium multivorum , or a Sphingomonas spp.

11 . The microbial inoculant composition of claim 1 , further comprising Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus amyloliquifaciens, Bacillus subtilus, Bacillus pumilus, Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans, Pseudomonas chlororaphis, Pseudomonas mandelii, Pseudomonas umsongensis , a Clostridium spp., Arthrobacter ramosus, Streptomyces yogyakartansis , an Arthrobacter spp., a Xanthomonas spp., or Chryseobacterium indologenes.

12 . The microbial inoculant composition of claim 1 further comprising a yeast strain.

13 . A plant comprising the microbial inoculant composition of claim 1 adhered to at least a portion of the plant.

14 . A seed comprising the microbial inoculant composition of claim 1 adhered to at least a portion of the seed.

15 . A method comprising applying the microbial inoculant composition of claim 1 to a tissue of a plant.

16 . A method comprising applying the microbial inoculant composition of claim 1 to a surface of a seed.

17 . A method comprising applying the microbial inoculant composition of claim 1 to a seed bed.

18 . A method comprising applying the microbial inoculant composition of claim 1 to a field comprising a plurality of plants.

19 . A method of producing a microbial inoculant composition, the method comprising: providing an aerobic species of microbes; providing an anaerobic species of microbes; providing culture medium comprising: a carbon source; sufficient vinegar to adjust the pH to no higher than 6.8; iron at a concentration of 1 ppm; and potassium nitrate; incubating the aerobic microbes and the anaerobic microbes together in the culture medium under conditions effective to allow aerobic fermentation and anaerobic fermentation.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the microbes are incubated at a temperature of at least 15° C.

21 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the microbes are incubated for at least five days.