FERMENTALG

Fermentalg is a biotechnology start up based in Libourne - a Bordeaux suburb in the south-west of France.

The company focusses on R & D and the production of microalgae by heterotrophic pathway, which means that they require some source of carbon (sugar for exampele) that serves as energy and that they are cultivated in astirred tank reactor without light.

R & D focusses on:

  • High throughput screening of microalgae strains.
  • Process development of fermentation and extraction
  • Scale-up for indistrialization
Production focusses on:
  • Biomass
  • Molecules of interest