Biotechnologies
Controlled industrial culture of microorganisms
MICROORGANISMS: AN IMMENSE POTENTIAL
Based on its strong historic mastery of the plant kingdom, for the past 20 years, SILAB has been developing a unique biotechnology expertise for the production and optimal use of unicellular organisms, i.e. bacteria, yeasts or microalgae. Used as natural raw materials, these microorganisms offer an immense potential resulting from their diversity and their metabolism, providing access to unique molecules of interest in cosmetics.A SOURCE OF INNOVATION
SILAB has recently developed two highly original approaches:
1. Sampling microorganisms of interest in plant ecosystems
Plants are also host to microbiotas that are specific to their varied ecosystems (roots, leaves, flowers, etc.). These microorganisms interact with their host and participate in its protection, regeneration or reproduction. In partnership with the INRA (French national institute of agronomic research), SILAB conducts targeted sampling of these microbiotas in order to propose natural and innovative cosmetic active ingredients. In this way, we have developed ECOBIOTYS® an active ingredient bio-inspired by the regulating power of the microbiota of the nectar of flowers, the Nectarobiota®.
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2. Culture controlled by bioguiding microorganisms
SILAB controls the parameters of culture of microorganisms, from the laboratory to the industrial scale and can therefore obtain optimal value from: the cell biomass produced by the use of the intrinsic and unique particularities of these strains of microorganisms; the secretome by using these microorganisms as “natural factories” to produce molecules of interest in controlled conditions. The most recent scientific innovation involves the identification of a highly adaptable probiotic strain that can survive in drastic conditions of drought (as desert climate). By reproducing the natural and nutritional environment of this strain, SILAB has developed LACTOBIOTYL® by bioguiding the production of postbiotic molecules that act on skin dryness.
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