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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Earn-Out Payments, Range Of Outcomes, Value High

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Ownership Interest Disposed Of

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Reimbursement Limit

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Amount after tax of an increase (decrease) to a gain (loss) previously reported in discontinued operations in a prior period.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets, including but not limited to property plant and equipment, intangible assets and equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee.

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Amount of gain (loss) on termination of lease before expiration of lease term.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Amount of cash restricted as to withdrawal or usage, classified as current. Cash includes, but is not limited to, currency on hand, demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, and other accounts with general characteristics of demand deposits.

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Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Aug. 18, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Jan. 31, 2020	Jan. 02, 2020
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses	$ 162,306,000		$ 162,306,000	$ 0	$ 64,240,000
Trans Ova \| Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal group, including discontinued operation, ownership interest disposed of	100.00%
Consideration	$ 170,000,000
Contingent cash earnout payments, maximum	10,000,000
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses		$ 936,000
Restricted cash, current		43,339,000	43,339,000
Gain (loss) on disposition of assets			(421,000)	(561,000)	(4,325,000)
Trans Ova \| Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale \| Maximum
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Earnout payments, maximum	$ 5,000,000
Reimbursement limit		$ 5,750,000	$ 5,750,000
MBP Titan \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Abandonment
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposition of assets				464,000	(67,000)
Gain on lease termination				$ 4,602,000
TS Biotechnology Sale \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration						$ 53,000,000
Discontinued operation, amount of adjustment to prior period loss on disposal, net of tax					$ 26,572,000
EnviroFlight Sale \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration							$ 12,200,000