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Ten-Year Forecast of Disruptive Technologies in Industrial Biotechnology to 2028
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Industrial Biotechnology Key Drivers and Trends 2018 - 2028

1. Scaling R&D and validation infrastructure
2. Using fossil raw materials
3. Renewable raw materials become viable
4. Biofuels as catalyst for industrial biotechnology
5. Advantages and challenges of drop-ins
6. The “dieselgate” effect
7. Gaseous carbon
8. Booming of natural gas
9. Renewable carbon for bio-based products
10. Technology developing faster than ever
11. Sustainability is a performance target
12. The Planet under pressure of single-use plastics
13. Industrial biotechnology is going blue
14. Hard life for first movers
15. Functionality rules

Top 25 Disruptive Technologies in Industrial Biotechnology 2018 - 2028

1. Accelerated strain design
2. Adipic acid
3. Anaerobic digestion-based residue valorization
4. Application development and diversification of uses of biopolymers
5. Aromas and fragrances
6. Biosurfactants
7. Butanediol
8. Butanol
9. Corporate sustainability programmes
10. Electrification of private transportation
11. Enzymes to degrade polyesters for plastic bioremediation.
12. Fumaric acid
13. High efficiency bioreactors for use of gaseous carbon sources
14. Isobutene as platform chemical
15. Itaconic acid
16. Lactic acid
17. Methane bioconversion
18. Microbial tools for agriculture pest management
19. Muconic acid
20. Next generation sweeteners
21. Pulp-and-paper mills as manufacturing and logistic hubs for biorefineries
22. Recombinant production of protein-based fibres
23. Single-cell feed meal comprising protein and polyunsaturated fatty acids
24. Succinic acid
25. Widening of technically recoverable oil and natural gas reserves