Pluton Biosciences Signs Research Agreement with Bayer AG

Pluton will work with Bayer AG on development of a microbial-based carbon-capture soil amendment. Long-term carbon sequestration product to fight climate change and benefit farmers Collaborating with Bayer, Pluton will use its Micromining Innovation Engine to identify and develop microbes currently found in soil that can store carbon and nitrogen. Pluton’s proof-of-concept research predicts that such a consortia of microbes, applied in a spray at planting and harvest, can scrub nearly two…