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DuPont To Acquire Microbe Developer

by Michael McCoy
April 27, 2015 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 93, Issue 17

DuPont has agreed to acquire Taxon Biosciences, a Tiburon, Calif.-based developer of microbial products, for an undisclosed sum. Frank DeGennaro, director of DuPont Biologicals, says Taxon will enhance DuPont’s in-house microbial discovery program as the company develops crop biologicals that improve plant health, quality, and yield. DuPont competitors including Monsanto, Bayer, and FMC have all struck microbial product deals in recent years.

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