DIVERSA CORPORATION

Diversa Corporation is an industrial biotechnology company that develops high performance enzymes. It extracts microbial DNA directly from collected samples to avoid the often impossible task of growing microbes in the laboratory. It mines its collection of microbial genes, numbering in the billions, using high-throughput screening technologies designed to identify unique enzymes as product candidates. Diversa Corporation develops enzymes that are environmentally friendly and more cost-effective for industries such as the global food and fuel markets. It has developed enzymes  to meet the specific needs of companies in various markets, including grain processing, bio fuels, animal health and nutrition and other industries.