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BTR At A Glance

Bio-Technical Resources provides contract services for development of microbial fermentation processes. We help our clients go from concept to market by combining strain improvement with a solid fermentation development program. Over 40 years of experience has shown us that integrating strain improvement with process development is the fastest, most cost effective way to develop a commercial process.  

Markets & Industries Served
  • Biofuels
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Industrial chemicals
  • Enzymes

 
  • Food
  • Biotechnology
  • Agricultural
  • Nutraceuticals

Services Provided
  • Strain construction
  • Strain improvement
    (classical & recombinant)
  • Biocatalysis
    (whole cell & enzyme)
  • Metabolic engineering
     
  • Fermentation development
  • Downstream processing
  • Process scale-up
  • Small-scale manufacturing
  • Economic & technical assessment

Host Strains for Expression & Optimization Services
  • Hansenula polymorpha
  • Bacillus licheniformis
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Escherichia coli
  • Pichia pastoris
  • Bacillus subtilis
  • Lactobacillus lactis

Facilities & Equipment
  • 15,000 sq. ft. research laboratory
  • 60 fermentors (1-250 liter scale)
  • Aerobic & anaerobic incubators
  • Molecular biology lab
  • Analytical support
  • HPLC or GC/MS
  • Product recovery

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