Chromatin announces production of farnesene in sorghum

Biomass Magazine


By Chromatin Inc. | February 25, 2014


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Amyris confirms yields at 200K liter fermenter scale

Biofuels Digest
Jim Lane February 24, 2011

In California, Amyris announced today that it has completed multiple runs of its fermentation process using its engineered yeast to produce renewable farnesene, in 100,000 and 200,000 liter capacity fermentors. These runs were completed through contract manufacturing operations in North America and Europe.

The results of these fermentation runs, including yields, were consistent with previous runs at smaller scale. Amyris expects to commence commercial production of Biofene in the second quarter of 2011 and ramp production through manufacturing arrangements with entities including Biomin and Tate & Lyle.

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