Molecular Trait Evolution (MTE) Molecular Trait Evolution (MTE) offers innovation in the use of non-model microbes for new biocatalysts and renewable products. MTE is a biotechnology company that specializes in microbial strain enhancement and optimization. MTE designs natural or synthetic microbes or microbial consortia to solve complex biological problems. Worldwide the agricultural industry produces an estimated 182 billion tons of unusable plant waste every year. MTE's flagship product, Extremase, is a proprietary enzyme cocktail that converts non-food plant waste to sugar for ethanol fermentation and biorefining. MTE's technology has the potential to fortify the U.S. as the world’s leader in fuel ethanol production and open the biotech industry to use alternative feedstocks for biorefining while simultaneously reducing agricultural waste.

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