Calysta, based in Menlo Park, California, reports that it has successfully fermented methane into lactic acid as part of its research collaboration with NatureWorks.
Lactic acid is the building block for NatureWorks’ Ingeo lactide intermediates and polymers employed in nonwovens and many other consumer and industrial products worldwide.
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