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bitop AG

EMEA

Witten

,

Germany

Scaleup

FOUNDED

1993

HEADCOUNT

21-100

FUNDING

Privately held

Keywords:

fermentation, bacteria, cosmetics, specialty_chemicals

BUSINESS

bitop AG is a German biotechnology company, founded in 1993 as a spin-off from the University of Witten/Herdecke, specializing in extremolytes - chiefly ectoine and hydroxyectoine, plus glycoin (glucosylglycerol). Its ingredients are used in cosmetics, medical devices, life science and animal health. Production takes place at its German plant.

BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT

Core; produces ectoine and hydroxyectoine via fermentation of the halophilic bacterium Halomonas elongata, using a non-GMO 'bacterial milking' osmotic-shock process. It pioneered large-scale industrial ectoine production in the 1990s.

TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

halophile (Halomonas elongata) fermentation; bacterial-milking extremolyte production

PRIMARY PRODUCTS

ectoine; hydroxyectoine; glycoin (glucosylglycerol)

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