Industry
Environment
Depollute and add value through biotechnology.
Since its creation, GERME S.A. has specialised in the biotechnological treatment of pollution, thanks to a vast collection of micro-organisms with targeted purifying properties.
Our approach
From the laboratory to the industrial plant.
01
Selection of micro-organisms
Identification of strains whose metabolic activities target the substances to be eliminated or transformed.
02
Process implementation
Integration of micro-organisms into a waste-treatment process.
03
Value extraction
Possible recovery of medium- or high-value products contained in the waste.
04
Transformation
Microbial or enzymatic conversion of waste products into usable molecules.
Selected micro-organisms
More than forty years of research into strains with proven purifying capabilities:
✓Degradation of hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
✓Metal concentration
✓From laboratory to pilot stage, then to industrialisation in partnership with engineering companies
Some examples of intervention
Field-proven expertise.
✓Non-genetically-modified micro-organisms
✓Non-pathogenic strains — excluding groups 2, 3 and 4 (Directive 2000/54/EC)
✓A unique collection of original, wild strains
A depollution project?
Let’s talk about your environmental challenge.