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BASF researching CO2-neutral production of bio-based fumarate using bacteria found in cow stomachs

BASF coordinating joint research project between universities in Saarland, Marburg and Kaiserslautern

07-Jun-2024 - With the bacterium Basfia succiniciproducens, BASF would like to transform sugar and carbon dioxide into fumaric acid, an important intermediate for chemical production. To this end, the company is collaborating with Saarland University, University of Marburg and the University of ...

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BASF to build new fermentation plant for crop protection products in Ludwigshafen

Strengthening the portfolio of biological and biotechnology-based crop protection products

21-Mar-2024 - BASF invests a high double-digit million euro amount in a new fermentation plant for biological and biotechnology-based crop protection products at its Ludwigshafen site. The plant will manufacture products that bring value to farmers including biological fungicides and biological seed treatment. ...

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World’s First Pilot Plant for Bio-Based Aniline

Use of biotechnology: New process for petroleum-free raw material on its way to industrial maturity

15-Feb-2024 - Covestro is moving forward with the implementation of a unique process for producing the important chemical aniline entirely based on plant biomass instead of petroleum for the first time. At its Leverkusen site, the plastics manufacturer has now put a special pilot plant into operation for this ...

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Covestro turns to biotechnology for sustainable plastics

Progress in extracting chemicals from plants

05-Dec-2022 - Covestro is expanding its competencies in industrial biotechnology. The plastics manufacturer intends to make increasing use of microorganisms and enzymes to make its products and processes even more sustainable. In particular, new recycling processes based on biotechnology are also to be ...

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Small but powerful – microorganisms contribute to greater sustainability at BASF

White biotechnology is becoming an increasingly important part of BASF’s toolbox

18-Nov-2022 - At BASF, innovation and sustainability are inextricably linked. Researchers worldwide are working on innovative solutions to tap alternative raw material sources and to develop climate-friendly production processes and products. Current research projects and examples of innovation for various ...

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Step by step to the end product through enzyme catalysis

Enzymes from microorganisms can produce valuable chemical substances. In a cascade, they can do that even if they need different environmental conditions

02-Sep-2021 - The production of the sugar trehalose, which is used as a functional food and an additive in pharmaceutical products or in cosmetics, is a team effort for enzymes: One takes care of the construction of an energy-rich intermediate product (UDP-glucose), from which the second then makes trehalose. ...

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White biotechnology enables carbon recycling

LanzaTech and BASF achieve first milestone in utilizing industrial off-gases for chemical production

14-May-2021 - Transforming the carbon contained in industrial off-gases into valuable chemicals is the aim of a partnership between LanzaTech and BASF. Now the partners have achieved a key first success: With the help of special bacteria, they have been able to produce n-octanol at laboratory scale from carbon ...

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BASF invests in biotechnology start-up Bota Bio

Bota Bio’s next-generation industrial biology platform is a combination of computation and cutting-edge biotechnology

17-Mar-2021 - BASF Venture Capital (BVC) has invested in Bota Biosciences, Ltd. (Bota Bio), an industrial synthetic biotech company based in Hangzhou, China. Bota Bio, founded in 2019, is developing a proprietary next-generation biotechnology platform which enables sustainable and economical production of high ...

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Talent Scout in the Cell Factory

New biosensor facilitates the search for efficient microorganisms

07-Oct-2020 - They’re small, but mighty: microorganisms. The industry known as “white biotechnology” takes advantage of their potential in a variety of ways, for example to produce chemicals, medicines, or dietary supplements. The little powerhouses’ work can be found in a whole series of products, the number ...

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Tiny helpers turn waste into valuable materials

Leaving oil behind and moving towards renewable raw materials: the chemical industry hopes to succeed in this with the help of microorganisms and enzymes

15-Sep-2020 - The idea is that bacteria shouldn’t only convert waste products into valuable chemicals, but also draw energy from them. After all, they too can be reused for subsequent processes. This vision is what drives Professor Dirk Tischler, who heads the Microbial Biotechnology research group at ...

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