In France, Deinove has reached its first milestone of its DEINOCHEM green chemistry program, which aims to improve the performance of Deinococcus bacteria. The goal is to offer alternatives to products usually derived from petroleum or extracted from plants with low yields, for perfumeries, cosmetics, food and feed. The first molecules produced are aromatic ingredients, antioxidants and / or high-added value pigments. The modified strains construction flow has multiplied by 10 in less than a year, thus accelerating the production and testing of strains of interest. Also, DEINOVE teams have made progress in identifying limiting enzymes[2] to optimize the production of targeted isoprenoids.
The company is funded by the ADEME (French Environment and Energy Management Agency) as a part of a French government initiative and will receive a repayable advance of 1 million euros in early February 2015 due to their recent success.
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