Bioengineering startup Number 8 Bio’s microorganisms could greatly scale the feed additive production process, cutting livestock greenhouse gas emissions and boosting productivity.
CSIRO spin-out Future Feed holds the patent for using Asparagopsis as a methane reducing feed additive, Number 8 Bio has engineered yeast cells to produce “the same functional molecules” using fermentation, the process that raises bread.
A successful participant of the first cohort of UNSW’s accelerator program, Number 8 Bio announced the completion of a $1.8 million pre-seed funding round on Wednesday.
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