France’s Proteus partners with Ago Industrie to improve bioproduction of natural origin molecules

In France,  Protéus announced that it has signed a partnership with Agro Industrie Recherches et Développements, a non-food ag R&D company, to improve the bioproduction of natural origin molecules in an economically competitive and environmentally friendly manner.

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