Rather than staying Gingko Bioworks' R&D partner, Bayer has chosen to become the anchor customer that will take to market all the agriculture-related syn-bio applications that Ginkgo Bioworks develops tomorrow in areas such as crop protection, nitrogen fixation, and carbon sequestration. This new relationship will allow Bayer, which operates in a variety of industries, to reduce risk and engage with other syn-bio firms without worrying Gingko Bioworks.