Discover custom fermentation on solid substrate, Agrauxine by Lesaffre's area of expertise
Thanks to its expertise, Agrauxine by Lesaffre is the essential partner for all those wishing to industrialize their solutions based on filamentous microorganisms.
Our scientific knowledge and industrial know-how in solid fermentation will facilitate the production of your filamentous microorganisms: fungi or bacteria.
Our historical area of expertise is biomass production for agriculture (biocontrol, biostimulation, biofertilization, carbon sequestration). We are also involved in projects in the animal health, biogas production and human food markets.
Contract fermentation: our key figures
Our commitments for the development or industrialization of your solid fermentation project
Support throughout your contract fermentation project
From upstream thinking, through feasibility and the production of a quality product thanks to a robust approach, we support each of our customers in their projects to industrialize biomass obtained by fermentation on a solid substrate.
We can deliver :
- Fermented substrate
- Pure spores extracted from the substrate.
- Finished products, formulated, packaged and labelled.
Our manufacturing process allows us to offer different batch sizes.
Tools and processes to ensure the efficiency of your microorganism-based projects
To prove our efficiency in producing your microorganisms, we have :
- Efficient tools:
Clean room, ISO 5 laminar flow, incubation rooms controlling temperature, humidity and CO2 levels. - Our expertise:
Substrate preparation and sterilization, inoculum production under sterile conditions, drying control, extraction optimization. - Various quality tests are carried out during the process:
These certify that the product corresponds to the specifications established during the development phase.
4 steps to assess the feasibility of your microorganism production project
Initiation
project
Contract (NDA, MTA, ...), information sharing on strain identity (IP, toxicity, ...)
Phase 1
Laboratory scale
Testing and selection of fermentation parameters (temperature, substrate, etc.)
Phase 2
Pilot scale
Confirmation of fermentation parameters and CFU concentration, and pricing.
1st production
Discover our solid-state fermentation spore production process
What are the advantages of solid-state fermentation over liquid fermentation?
- Multiplication of microorganisms based on their ideal growth conditions.
- Spores produced by solid fermentation are more resistant to abiotic factors than spores produced by liquid fermentation, giving them a longer shelf life.
- Reduced ecological footprint (less water, energy and wastewater).
Our products based on filamentous microorganisms
An international presence with products sold in 25 countries on 4 continents
The microorganisms we produce in solid fermentation :
- Aspergillus
- Monascus
- Trichoderma
- Beauveria
- Metarhizium
- Penicillium
- Duddingtonia
- Streptomyces
- Phanaerochete
- Thozetella
- Clonostachys
- Scytalidium
- Rhizopus
- Agaricus
- Pleurotus
- Shiitake
