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What Zymergen’s IPO says about 'biofacturing' and green chemistry

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Zymergen made a splash on Earth Day, as the first "biofacturer" to go public. The company has created what it calls a "metagenomic database," or an alternative chemical catalog, comprised of 75,000 biomolecules derived from the DNA of soil microbes. What Zymergen’s IPO says about 'biofacturing' and green chemistry. Meg Wilcox.

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What Zymergen’s IPO says about ‘biofacturing’ and green chemistry

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What Zymergen’s IPO says about ‘biofacturing’ and green chemistry Meg Wilcox Mon, 05/03/2021 – 01:30 Zymergen made a splash on Earth Day, as the first “biofacturer” to go public. In contrast, “synthetic biotech allows you to go right to the final chemical transformation,” Tickner said.

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