Microbes are helping businesses become green

Engineering biology is helping a wide range of industries to deploy and benefit from new molecules. It creates or redesigns biological systems for various uses

Enzymes, microbes and yeast are driving global industries to climate-friendly processes. Engineering biology doesn’t receive the attention it deserves but it is a field that is steadily impacting nearly every industry in the world. Simply put, engineering biology involves using naturally-occurring substances in animals and plants for industrial purposes. Technology has allowed scientists to extract ingredients from nature, edit and sequence DNA and create engineered microorganisms to deploy in several manufacturing applications. 

Several technologies are involved in accelerating this frontier of industrial science, said a recent report by CapGemini Research Institute (CRI) titled ‘Unlocking the Potential of Engineering