Bluestem Biosciences, a member of Bio Nebraska, announced that it has entered into a Strategic Partnership Agreement with bitBiome to accelerate discovery and development of enzymes for the bio-based production of key chemicals.
Press Release by Bluestem Biosciences and bitBiome
bitBiome, Inc., a biotechnology company unlocking the potential of our planet’s microbes to power the future of the bioeconomy, and Bluestem Biosciences, a renewable chemicals company leveraging anaerobic fermentation for the biomanufacturing of commodity chemicals, entered into a Strategic Partnership Agreement to accelerate discovery and development of enzymes for the bio-based production of key chemicals, previously synthesized from petrochemical sources.
Innovations that could redefine our approach to environmental challenges and resource utilization are key to eliminating our dependence on petroleum and foreign-based markets. The bio-based production of Bluestem’s target chemicals that are ubiquitously utilized worldwide would represent a huge step forward in the realization of the bioeconomy in the Midwest United States integrating across global chemical supply chains.