Deinove, the French biotech company developing innovative processes for producing biofuels and bio-based chemicals by using Deinococcus bacteria as host strains, and the US-based Tyton BioEnergy Systems (Tyton), a pioneering agricultural biotech company with unique tobacco technology used to produce green chemicals and agricultural products, have entered into a technological and commercial partnership.
The main goal of the partnership is to combine Tyton’s energy tobacco feedstock, process and production infrastructure with Deinove’s Deino-based fermentation solutions in order to produce green chemical compounds of high commercial value.
Tyton’s energy tobacco technology combines advancements in plant sciences, agronomics, and processing to produce cost-competitive sugars, oils, proteins and other green chemicals at competitive prices.
Peter Majeranowski, president of Tyton BioEnergy Systems, said, “We are excited to be working with green chemicals technology leader Deinove to bring to the market a unique, environmentally friendly, and sustainable set of strategically important chemicals.”
“From a scientific perspective, Deinove’s technology platform represents a crucial step forward in industrial fermentation. The Deinococci bacteria can assimilate partially hydrolysed sugar chains at high temperature to produce an attractive portfolio of renewable chemicals in a cost-effective way. Together with Tyton’s energy tobacco sugars, our partnership is a game changer,” added Dr Iulian Bobe, CTO of Tyton.
Emmanuel Petiot, CEO of Deinove, commented, “By developing our applications using a new kind of substrate, Deinove continues to expand the industrial and commercial outlook for our process portfolio. Our ambition is to create a maximum amount of value by multiplying market opportunities for our exclusive technology.”
The main goal of the partnership is to combine Tyton’s energy tobacco feedstock, process and production infrastructure with Deinove’s Deino-based fermentation solutions in order to produce green chemical compounds of high commercial value.
Tyton’s energy tobacco technology combines advancements in plant sciences, agronomics, and processing to produce cost-competitive sugars, oils, proteins and other green chemicals at competitive prices.
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Deinove’s CBP (Consolidated BioProcessing) solutions are currently optimised on a variety of sugar sources like corn, wheat and urban waste, and they can flexibly utilise simple, starch or cellulosic sugars. The energy tobacco crop developed by Tyton provides a compelling opportunity to diversify applications for Deinococcus, and the two companies will explore various renewable chemical options for commercialisation, beginning in the southeast region of the US.
Peter Majeranowski, president of Tyton BioEnergy Systems, said, “We are excited to be working with green chemicals technology leader Deinove to bring to the market a unique, environmentally friendly, and sustainable set of strategically important chemicals.”
“From a scientific perspective, Deinove’s technology platform represents a crucial step forward in industrial fermentation. The Deinococci bacteria can assimilate partially hydrolysed sugar chains at high temperature to produce an attractive portfolio of renewable chemicals in a cost-effective way. Together with Tyton’s energy tobacco sugars, our partnership is a game changer,” added Dr Iulian Bobe, CTO of Tyton.
Emmanuel Petiot, CEO of Deinove, commented, “By developing our applications using a new kind of substrate, Deinove continues to expand the industrial and commercial outlook for our process portfolio. Our ambition is to create a maximum amount of value by multiplying market opportunities for our exclusive technology.”