Small scale microbial cultivation for preparatory needs

A 5 litre bench-top bioreactor (BioFlo 115, New Brunswick Scientific) and a high throughput super-speed centrifuge (Sorval LYNX6000, ThermoScientific) present on site make it possible to obtain biomass of bacteria, yeast or moulds for further characterisation, or for obtaining intracellular biomolecules of scientific interest. The equipment present in the laboratories and two preparative chromatography systems allow further isolation and purification of these compounds.