The principals of Ento Bio LLC had been working in the space of identification and synthesis of insect digestive enzymes which can be used naturally to break cell walls and treat difficult compounds. The company's synthetic enzyme technology has applications in products such as herbicides, vegetable oil, wood pulp, and biofuels and could potentially improve efficiency, sustainability, and cost. Anchored to someextentinthat work, Ento Bio is developing Liquid Termite⢠- a product designed naturally to dissolve tree stumps: proprietary technology mimics the digestion of termites. It is reported that the firm's was looking for a non-toxic solution to the invasive buckthorn, honeysuckle, and autumn olive taking over his yard and Ohio's forests. Unable to find one, he decided to develop his own using biomimicry, or copying nature. Beyond the home and garden, Liquid Termite can be used to battle unwanted woody plants in forest conservation, roads, railroad, pipelines, powerlines, and timberlands
