AE Biofuels Expands Technology Portfolio With Acquisition of Biotech Firm Zymetis

摘要

Cupertino-AE Biofuels Inc. has expanded its technology portfolio to include the production of renewable chemicals and advanced fuels with the acquisition of Zymetis Inc. Zymetis hold four patents and has more than 10 pending patents on the Z-microbe, a marine organism that was originally discovered consuming plant cellulose at a high rate. "The genome of the Z-microbe has been fully sequenced by researchers at the University of Maryland," explained AE Biofuels. "Zymetis' scientists discovered that the Z-microbe naturally generates about 90 enzymes that rapidly convert sugar, starch and cellulose into useable chemicals and fuels."