Form: SB-2/A

Optional form for registration of securities to be sold to the public by small business issuers

September 10, 1997

EXHIBIT 23.1

Published on September 10, 1997




CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

We consent to the use in this Form SB-2 Registration Statement of our
auditors' report dated June 10, 1997 (except for Notes 2, 11, 12 and 13, as to
which the date is June 25, 1997), with respect to the financial statements of
COMMONWEALTH BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC., for the years ended December 31, 1996 and
1995.

GOODMAN & COMPANY, L.L.P.

7301 Forest Avenue
Richmond, Virginia
September 8, 1997