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ISOLATION & SELECTION OF MICRO-ORGANISMS -------------------- HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS Founded in 1995

Research & Development / BioProcess Engineering / Consulting Services

Our company is specialized in the isolation and selection of marine micro-organisms for the production of new active compounds and texturing agents concerning potential applications in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries. For more than 10 years, B.B.E. has been a precursor for the screening of marine bacterial strains producing polysaccharides and oligosaccharides, especially those which are sulfated, to search for anticoagulant, antiviral, antitumoral, anti-inflammatory or healing properties. Using its numerous collections of marine bacteria, our company is also screening new strains of actinomycetes for the production of novel antibiotics and bio-active metabolites.

Our company is specialized in the selection of micro-organisms isolated from industrial sites and polluted areas, and their making use in fixed-bed bioreactor technologies for the treatment of water and industrial wastewater. B.B.E. runs biodegradability tests using laboratory bioreactor systems and on-site experiments using pilot plant bioreactor systems. Our main realisations are concerning COD reduction and hydrocarbon biodegradation, as well as denitrification and removal of heavy metals by biosorption.