Microorganisms provide many economically valuable products and processes used every day and yet they represent a vast untapped reservoir of genetic and metabolic diversity.
By means of exclusive scientific collaborations, acquisitions and samples collecting, Protéus has built one of the broadest collections worldwide of micro-organisms originating from extreme environments. Their diversity is spectacular. Some extremophile microorganisms live at boiling temperatures, or higher, in hot springs and abyssal thermal vents. Others live under extremely acid or alkaline conditions, or at temperatures below freezing, and many grow without oxygen.
They provide robust enzymes and other biochemicals of industrial interest that find timely applications in such areas as fine and specialty chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, environment, food processing and other life science applications.
The collection of biodiversity of Protéus represents an extraordinary source of novel proteins and other biochemical compounds. The combination of its unique biodiversity with its technology platform makes Protéus a leading company in the discovery of products derived from microbial exploration.