Dupont vs Myriant: Who's the Best?

Background: This is a first round, East Regional match-up between #6 seed Dupont and #11 seed Myriant in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest.

Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here.

The winner gets: Most votes advances to the second-round (round of 32), and a shot at the Biofuels Sweet Sixteen.

The loser: Goes home.

Laurels: Dupont is the 6th ranked company in the 2010-11 50 Hottest Companies in Renewable Chemicals poll. Myriant  currently holds down #21.

The match-up: Battle of the renewable chemicals giant, vs a succinic acid upstart. Dupont is invested in Dupont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol (with BP), and recently acquired Danisco (and its subsidiary Genencor) in a $6B transaction this year. Myriant is headed for commercialization of its succinic acid technology right now, and has filed for an IPO.