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Switch Bioworks
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https://www.switchbioworks.com/
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Switch Bioworks is a biotech company based in San Carlos, CA, building precision engineered microbes for agriculture. The team of internationally trained experts is developing nitrogen-fixing microbial consortia that naturally live on crop roots as low-cost, environmentally-friendly biofertilizers.
Switch sets itself apart from other biological companies by using synthetic biology “switches” that trigger fertilizer production only after microbes have had a chance to establish themselves on plant roots, solving a long-standing tradeoff between microbial stability in soils and high-performance fertilizer production.
Switch Bioworks and the Phytobiomes Alliance
“Biotechnology has tremendous potential to unlock the power of microbiomes for human and planetary health. At Switch, we are leading the way in understanding and engineering microbial communities to produce sustainable, cost-effective fertilizers. The Phytobiomes Alliance brings together a broad group of experts, and we look forward to both learning from them and sharing our challenges, so that together we can change the world.”
Tim Schnabel, Founder and CEO, Switch Bioworks