Diversa
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Image:Green Dragon Spring at Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone-750px.JPG Diversa is a San Diego, California-based company that specializes in industrial biotechnology and metagenomics. According to the Economist article listed in the "References" section, Diversa prospects in hot springs, ocean beds, soda lakes, and on the Arctic tundra for genes potentially useful in industry.
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People at Diversa
- Jay M. Short Ph.D., founder and CEO, President, Head of Research (resigned on October 6, 2005)
- Eric Mathur
- Edward T. Shonsey (interim CEO, as of October 6, 2005)
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References
- "Sea of Dreams: Genetically Modified Microbes will lead to a Revolution in Industrial Biotechnology", an article on page eighty-one of the 1 May 2004 issue of The Economist
http://www.diversa.com/presrele/2005/view_release.asp?id=20051006
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Oil and Gas
- Diversa (probably not the same as the Genomics company) was a drilling company in the 1950s. Originally called Glasscock-Tidelands Oil Co. the name changed to Diversa on 1959/5/1. It spun off Horma Oil and Gas Co on 1965/9/8.