Replenishing the Soil Microbiome

The science of restoring soil back to health.

The Oath Microbial Discovery Engine

460 million years ago, plants developed roots in the soil and co-evolved functional relationships with the microbes surrounding their roots to enhance each other’s ability to survive storms, droughts, floods, fires, and freezes.

460 million years ago, plants developed roots in the soil and co-evolved functional relationships with the microbes surrounding their roots to enhance each other’s ability to survive storms, droughts, floods, fires, and freezes.

Recently, advanced genomic technologies enable us to sequence the DNA of the soil microbiome to uncover the specific roles these microbes play. Still, humans have characterized fewer than 1% of soil microbes.

This is our science at Oath:

Our microbiologists and data scientists sequence the soil microbiome, characterizing these microbes to uncover their specific soil functions, such as:

Our microbiologists and data scientists sequence the DNA of the soil microbiome, characterizing these microbes to uncover their specific functions, such as: Carbon Cycling, Nitrogen Fixation, Water Holding Capacity, Soil Structure.

Carbon Cycling
Nitrogen Fixation
Water Holding Capacity
Soil Structure

This is our science at Oath:

We compose diverse, targeted microbial communities to replenish the soil microbiome for all applications, rigorously testing each consortium in vitro and in planta.

Proven by performance.

We have more than 20 years of data from over 220 pilot studies, demonstrating broad efficacy across diverse soil and plant ecosystems.

% Increase in Nitrogen Levels vs. Untreated Control

Nutrient tests of trees treated with Oath Soil Life show significantly more Nitrogen vs. untreated controls across Mesquite, Grapefruit, and Vitex trees.

Tucson Botanical Gardens, Arizona

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

60%

Eucalyptus Trees

71%

Vitex Trees

18%

Grapefruit Trees

% Increase in Phosphorus Levels vs. Untreated Control

Nutrient tests of trees treated with Oath Soil Life show significantly more Phosphorus vs. untreated controls across Mesquite, Grapefruit, and Vitex trees.

Tucson Botanical Gardens, Arizona

0%

55%

110%

165%

220%

209%

Eucalyptus Trees

67%

Vitex Trees

23%

Grapefruit Trees

% Increase in Potassium Levels vs. Untreated Control

Nutrient tests of trees treated with Oath Soil Life show significantly more Potassium vs. untreated controls across Mesquite, Grapefruit, and Vitex trees.

Tucson Botanical Gardens, Arizona

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

70%

Eucalyptus Trees

21%

Vitex Trees

75%

Grapefruit Trees

Increased Root Growth vs. Untreated Control

Greenhouse and nursery tests show significant increase in biomass of trees treated with Oath Soil Life vs. untreated controls in Pines, Red Cedar, and Cypress trees.

North Carolina State University

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

55%

Bald Cypress

64%

Long Leaf Pine

43%

Eastern White Pine

34%

Eastern Red Cedar

37%

Short Leaf Pine

Increase in Water Conservation vs. Untreated Control

Water-deficit trials on turfgrass show two-fold increase in percent water content in treated soils vs. untreated controls.

City of Tucson, Arizona

Percent Water Content in Soil

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

35%

Treated

17%

Untreated

Improved Grass Visual Quality vs. Untreated Control

Visual test of turfgrass quality by the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program. Quality ranges from 1 (poor or dead) to 9 (perfect).

Dr. Mohammad Pessarakli, University of Arizona

NTEP Scale 1 to 9

Treated

Untreated

4

5

6

Acceptable Quality

7

8

9

8

6

Test Turf 1

7.5

6

Test Turf 2

7

6

Test Turf 3

Reduced Soil Bulk Density

Average of 3 Studies

-16%

Soil Organic Carbon

Average of 5 Studies

+51%

Subset of data gathered from university and field pilot trials from institutions such as:

Cornell University

Dole Asia

Dole Food Co

Catalina Foothills School District

Central State University Ohio

City of Tucson, Arizona

Illinois Sustainable Agriculture Experimental Station

North Carolina State University

Oregon State University

Pennington Seed Co

Tucson Botanical Gardens

University of Arizona

University of Florida

University of Idaho

University of Rwanda

University of Wyoming

Washington State University

Case Study

Tucson Botanical Gardens

Ranked fourth best botanical garden by USA Today. Tucson Botanical Gardens implemented the Oath Soil Life system with tremendous results.

Read the Complete Case Study

The experts at Oath Soil Life

Oath Soil Life works side by side with many of the world’s most accomplished microbiologists and soil experts.

Science Leadership

Anna Edlund, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer
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Kirsten Benjamin, PhD

EVP, Research & Development

Professor Thomas Crowther

Principal Ecologist
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R&D and Production

Julia Baltezore

Director of Operations, Vacaville
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Shib Sankar Basu, PhD

Principal Scientist R&D Lead
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Serena Fraraccio

Scientist & Lab Manager
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Greg Holloway

Head of Production
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Alisha O’Neil

Microbiology Research Technician

Niklas Perslow

Microbiology Research Technician
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Catrina Sengsourinho

Microbiology Research Technician
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Data Science Bioinformatics

Abhinav Grama, PhD

VP, Data Science and Digital Innovation
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Jamison McCorrison, PhD

Sr. Bioinformatics Scientist
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Josh Espinoza, PhD

Computational Scientist

Climate Innovation

Paul Hawken

Project Regeneration, Project Drawdown (advisor)
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Paul Stamets

Founder Fungi Perfecti, MycoMedica (advisor)
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Mark Stevenson

Founder CUR8 (advisor)
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Regenerative Agriculture

Robert Bonnie

Former US Under Secretary of Agriculture (advisor)
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Peter Byck

Arizona State University (advisor)
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Phil Hogan

Former EU Commissioner for Agriculture (advisor)

Peter Saavedra

Co-Founder & Head of Regeneration
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Field Science & Regulatory

Dr. Martin Voss

Chief Innovation Officer
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Dr. Virginie Boreux

VP, Business Development, Field Science, Regulatory EU
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Dr. Rodrigo Saraiva

VP, Business Development, Field Science, Regulatory LATAM
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Cosette Khawaja

Global Project Manager

Scientific Advisory Board

Professor Janet Jansson

SAB Chair
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Michael Amaranthus, PhD

Oregon State University, Mycoanalytics
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Professor Thomas Crowther

ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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Professor John E. Fernández

MIT, USA
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Professor Jack Gilbert

UC San Diego, USA
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Professor Paul Jensen

UC San Diego, USA
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Professor Jennifer Martiny

UC Irvine, USA
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Professor Mette Haubjerg Nicolaisen

University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Professor Joana Falcão Salles

Groningen Institute, Netherlands
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Replenishing the Soil Microbiome

Soil microbes evolved 1 billion years ago. Without them, there would be no plants.

Soil microbes evolved 1 billion years ago. Without them, there would be no plants.

Recently, advanced genomic technologies enable us to sequence the soil microbiome to uncover the specific roles these microbes play. Still, humans have characterized fewer than 1% of soil microbes.

We isolate ideal probiotic candidates from nature.

We isolate ideal probiotic candidates from nature.

Our microbiologists and data scientists sequence the soil microbiome, characterizing these microbes to uncover their specific soil functions, such as:

Our microbiologists and data scientists sequence the DNA of the soil microbiome, characterizing these microbes to uncover their specific functions, such as: Carbon Cycling, Nitrogen Fixation, Water Holding Capacity, Soil Structure.

We compose diverse, targeted microbial communities to replenish the soil microbiome for all applications, rigorously testing each consortium in vitro and in planta.

We compose diverse, targeted microbial communities to replenish the soil microbiome for all applications, rigorously testing each consortium in vitro and in planta.

Continuously training our Microbial Discovery Engine through an iterative feedback loop. No gene editing or modification ever.

Continuously training our Microbial Discovery Engine through an iterative feedback loop. No gene editing or modification ever.

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Proven by performance.

% Increase in Nitrogen Levels vs. Untreated Control

% Increase in Nitrogen Levels vs. Untreated Control

60%

71%

18%

% Increase in Phosphorus Levels vs. Untreated Control

% Increase in Phosphorus Levels vs. Untreated Control

209%

67%

23%

% Increase in Potassium Levels vs. Untreated Control

% Increase in Potassium Levels vs. Untreated Control

70%

21%

75%

Increased Root Growth vs. Untreated Control

Increased Root Growth vs. Untreated Control

55%

64%

43%

34%

37%

Increase in Water Conservation vs. Untreated Control

Increase in Water Conservation vs. Untreated Control

35%

17%

Improved Grass Visual Quality vs. Untreated Control

Improved Grass Visual Quality vs. Untreated Control

8

6

7.5

6

7

6

Reduced Soil Bulk Density

-16%

Soil Organic Carbon

+51%

Tucson Botanical Gardens

The experts at Oath Soil Life

Science Leadership

Anna Edlund, PhD

Kirsten Benjamin, PhD

Professor Thomas Crowther

R&D and Production

Julia Baltezore

Shib Sankar Basu, PhD

Serena Fraraccio

Greg Holloway

Alisha O’Neil

Niklas Perslow

Catrina Sengsourinho

Data Science Bioinformatics

Abhinav Grama, PhD

Jamison McCorrison, PhD

Josh Espinoza, PhD