Private company
Fermentek
Israeli biotech company
Fermentek Ltd. is a biotechnological company in the Atarot industrial zone of Jerusalem, Israel. It specializes in the research, development and manufacture of biologically active, natural products isolated from microorganisms as well as from other natural sources such as plants and algae. The main microorganisms used are nonpathogenic actinomycetes, Nocardia and Streptomycetes.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrybiotechnology1
- HeadquartersIsrael1
- Websitewww.fermentek.co.il
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Fermentek Ltd. is a biotechnological company in the Atarot industrial zone of Jerusalem, Israel. It specializes in the research, development and manufacture of biologically active, natural products isolated from microorganisms as well as from other natural sources such as plants and algae.2
Products and brands
Technology
Fermentek operates fermentors ranging in size from 10 to 15,000 liters, with filter presses and centrifuges of matching capacity.
According to the company policy as declared at its official website, Fermentek uses only the "Classical" biotechnology approach. This means that only genetically unmodified natural microbial strains are employed, and no attempt is made to achieve mutants, neither random nor targeted.
Main products
Mycotoxins: Aflatoxin, Cytochalasin, Fumonisins, Gliotoxin, Patulin, Penicillic acid, Zearalenone, Tentoxin, Deoxynivalenol, Citrinin, T2 toxin, HT2 toxin, Tentoxin, Moniliformin, Deacetoxyscirpenol, Neosolaniol, Citreoviridin, Beauvericin, Nivalenol, Tenuazonic acid, Alternariol, Alternariol methyl ether
Immunomodulators: Tacrolimus, Sirolimus, Ascomycin, Myriocin
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Ionophores: Valinomycin, Nonactin, Ionomycin
Special antibiotics and molecular biology reagents. Anisomycin, Thiolutin, Wortmannin, K252a, Staurosporine, K252C, Bafilomycin, Alamethicin, Leptomycin, A23187, Chelerythrine, Oligomycin, Trichostatin A, Cerulenin, Aphidicolin
Experimental drugs and drug precursors: Parthenolide, Puromycin, Rapamycin, Anisomycin, Thapsigargin, cyclopamine, Thiostrepton, Staurosporine, Mithramycin, Midostaurin, Wortmannin, K252a, Geldanamycin and its derivates: 17-DMAG, 17-AAG
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Timeline
- 1995Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.fermentek.co.il1
- WikipediaFermentek
- WikidataQ3068995
Sources
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- 1WikidataFermentek on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaFermentek on Wikipedia
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