Taxon Biosciences

Taxon Biosciences was a private microbiome discovery company focused primarily on agricultural biologicals rather than human therapeutics. The company used genomics, bioinformatics, microbiology, and cultivation-based tools to profile microbial communities and identify microbial-based product opportunities across agriculture, environmental, energy, and selected life science applications. Its core value proposition was a platform for discovering and developing beneficial microbial consortia and related biological products. Taxon was founded in 2000 in California and was acquired by DuPont in 2015 to strengthen DuPont's crop biologicals discovery capabilities. Based on the available evidence, Taxon should be classified mainly as an agricultural/industrial biotechnology platform company, not a clinical-stage healthcare biotech.