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Mergers and Acquisitions - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Feb. 28, 2015	Aug. 08, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 06, 2014	Sep. 30, 2012
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 33,849,000us-gaap_Revenues	$ 7,854,000us-gaap_Revenues
Net loss attributable to Intrexon	(27,097,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	(4,115,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
ActoGeniX NV
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of outstanding common stock acquired			100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_ActoGeniXNVMember
Business acquisition, consideration paid, shares issued			965,377us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_ActoGeniXNVMember
Cash			32,739,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_ActoGeniXNVMember
Fair value of total consideration transferred			72,474,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_ActoGeniXNVMember
Business combination, acquisition related cost	446,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_ActoGeniXNVMember
ActoGeniX NV | Selling, general and administrative
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, acquisition related cost	409,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_ActoGeniXNVMember / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpensesMember
Trans Ova Genetics, LC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of outstanding common stock acquired				100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_TransOvaGeneticsLcMember
Business acquisition, consideration paid, shares issued				1,444,388us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_TransOvaGeneticsLcMember
Cash				63,625,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_TransOvaGeneticsLcMember
Fair value of total consideration transferred				116,542,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_TransOvaGeneticsLcMember
Business combination, acquisition related cost					713,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_TransOvaGeneticsLcMember
Deferred cash consideration				20,115,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredLiabilitiesIncurred / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_TransOvaGeneticsLcMember
Revenues	18,926,000us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_TransOvaGeneticsLcMember
Net loss attributable to Intrexon	237,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_TransOvaGeneticsLcMember
Business combination, consideration transferred and noncontrolling interest				127,875,000xon_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredandNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_TransOvaGeneticsLcMember
Possible future contingent payments to former equity holders							6,000,000xon_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationFuturePaymentsToEquityHoldersMaximum / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_TransOvaGeneticsLcMember
Possible future contingent payments to former equity holders, current valuation	0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiabilityCurrent / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_TransOvaGeneticsLcMember
Exemplar Genetics, LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash paid to acquire noncontrolling interest			1,566,000xon_ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesPurchaseofInterestbyParentCashPortion / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_ExemplarGeneticsLLCMember
Shares issued to acquire noncontrolling interest			307,074xon_ConsolidationLessthanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesPurchaseofInterestbyParentSharesIssuedbyParent / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_ExemplarGeneticsLLCMember
Medistem, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of outstanding common stock acquired						100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_MedistemIncMember
Business acquisition, consideration paid, shares issued						714,144us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_MedistemIncMember
Cash						4,920,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_MedistemIncMember
Fair value of total consideration transferred						24,995,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_MedistemIncMember
Business combination, acquisition related cost					680,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_MedistemIncMember
Number of promissory notes settled upon the closing of the merger						2xon_NumberOfPromissoryNotesSettled / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_MedistemIncMember
Shares of merger consideration surrendered by acquiree management to reimburse for required payroll tax withholdings						17,695xon_SharesSurrenderedToPayWithholdingTaxesShares / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_MedistemIncMember
Medistem, Inc. | Settlement of Promissory Notes
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value of total consideration transferred						707,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = xon_MedistemIncMember / us-gaap_NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionsByUniqueDescriptionAxis = xon_PromissoryNotesMember
Medistem, Inc. | Selling, general and administrative
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Life (Years)	2 years
Minimum | Trans Ova Genetics, LC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Life (Years)				3 years
Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Life (Years)	14 years
Maximum | Trans Ova Genetics, LC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Life (Years)				9 years

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