Glycos Biotechnologies, Inc., an emerging biochemical company pioneering metabolic engineering and microbiology innovations to produce sustainable biochemicals (earlier post), has successfully produced lactic acid and advanced ethanol in a commercial-size facility capable of producing up to 150,000 liters (approx. 40,000 gallons US) of chemicals. GlycosBio says that this milestone represents a major step forward towards the commercialization of its technology.