N2O-Eaters

Smarter Soil. Cleaner Air. Empowering microbes to fight climate change.

Unmet Need: Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas with increasing emissions. Its rise poses significant risks in global ecosystems, leading to biodiversity strains, as well as causing detrimental human health outcomes in skin cancer and respiratory health.

Global warming potential 265 times greater than carbon dioxide; emissions have risen by 40% since 1980
75% of current US emissions come from agriculture
Rising temperatures increase global allergenic pollen; exacerbates existing conditions like asthma
Depletes the ozone layer; a 10% increase in skin cancer is projected by 2050
Current mitigation practices are limited, where methods such as chemical fertilizers and genetically modified crops are labor-intensive and present other pollution challenges

Our Solution: N2O-Eaters harness the power of bacteria to transform how we mitigate nitrous oxide and protect our planet’s future. By using engineered bacterial strains, we are delivering nitrous oxide reducing genes into the soil microbiome, allowing native populations to synthesize their own enzymes, since critically, over 80% of soil bacteria is missing the crucial gene, nosZ.