2008 headquarters florida website http www.biotork.com biotork is a biotechnology company founded in 2008 that specializes in the optimization of industrial fermentation processes . biotork provides robust microorganisms that are able to convert low value raw carbon sources such as agroindustrial by products and waste into high value chemical commodities e.g. ; biofuel and feed . these biochemical commodities such as omega 3 oil lipids fuels enzymes plastics and other compounds are derived from renewable feedstock using a continuous culture technology . contents 1 technology 1.1 non gmo 1.2 versatile feedstock 2 hawaii zero waste program 3 collaboration with basf 4 references technology edit biotork has an exclusive license with evolugate a technology provider specializing in adaptive evolution technology that is a continuous culture apparatus which selects the fittest genetic variants from a certain population under controlled environmental conditions . 1 after multiple stages of natural selection the microorganisms acquire enhanced capabilities that were not present in the original strain . 2 these new capabilities include a faster growth rate the ability to grow at non optimal temperatures resistance to inhibitors or growth under nutrient limiting conditions non gmo edit the microorganisms that are evolved with evolugate s technology are done so through natural selection and therefore are enhanced without genetically modifying their composition . this allows for the microorganism to exist without being labelled as a gmo and therefore circumvents issues related to food and feed regulations . versatile feedstock edit the technology that biotork uses through evolugate is able to convert unrefined raw feedstock into several high quality resources as mentioned before including omega 3 fatty acids and renewable chemicals . raw carbon sources are generally renewable often coming from biodiesel production or leftover agricultural waste . therefore the end product that biotork is left with is sustainable and inexpensive in addition to non gmo . hawaii zero waste program edit biotork is currently in collaboration with the us department of agriculture and pacific basin agricultural research center usda pbarc . 3 this collaboration is related to recent legislation passed in hawaii to promote upcycling of raw materials or agricultural waste as part of the zero waste initiative . the state of hawaii has dedicated special purpose revenue bonds of up to 50 000 000 that will be used towards upcycling the unmarketable papayas from the state and convert them into omega 3 fatty acids that can then be refined into commercial fish feed . 4 collaboration with basf edit basf the chemical company and biotork currently have a bioplastics development deal to industrially produce biopolymers and green based chemicals . 5 the main objective of this collaboration is to improve biochemical production processes through strain development . the financial details of this collaboration and partnership have not been disclosed at this time . references edit de crecy e ; jaronski s ; lyons b ; lyons tj ; keyhani no 2009 . directed evolution of a filamentous fungus for thermotolerance . bmc biotechnol . 9 74 . doi 10.1186 1472 6750 9 74 . pmc 2741439 . pmid 19709419 . http aem.asm.org content 78 1 144 . abstract ars project selection and testing of heterotrophic algae and fungal strains for growth on papaya glycerol albizia and sugarcane bagasse 422341 annual report . retrieved 19 december 2014 . the clean plate club the search for value from food waste finds a center of gravity in hawaii . biofuels digest . retrieved 19 december 2014 . basf strikes bioplastics deal with biotork . plastics news . retrieved 19 december 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title biotork & oldid 720380905 categories biotechnology companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 may 2016 at 14 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view