Our Molsheim site, a leader in microbiological control products for a variety of industries, manufactures millions of ready-to-use culture media per year. In addition to this we also design and manufacture innovative microbial quality control testing products that help to monitor in-process production, assess cleaned manufacturing environments and release pharmaceuticals, food, and beverages to the market. Our products ensure the highest level of quality and safety to meet our customers’ needs in a continuously changing environment.
We nurtured our curiosity by placing contact plates on different parts of the body and everyday objects. And then we waited to see which microorganisms would grow on them.
See an animation of what we could observe. It’s astonishing, exciting, inspiring … vibrant!
UNDER THE NAILS
Under our nails, various microorganisms can be found. Do you recognize any of the ones we found on our contact plate?
TEDDY
Various microorganisms can be found on a child’s Teddy. Do you recognize any of the ones we found on our contact plate?
A Kitchen sponge
Microorganisms love it in and on kitchen sponges. Here’s what our contact plate revealed!
A toothbrush
Toothbrushes carry many of the bacteria we have in our mouth—plus a few surprises. See what grew on our contact plate!
A plastic duck
We used contact plates produced in our Molsheim (France) site to check a plastic duck that a child plays with in the bath for the presence of microorganisms. Take a look!
A toilet brush
Toilet brushes come into contact with feces, which is where the microbes we found probably originate from. See what we found on our contact plate!
Nosy ?
Various microorganisms line the inside of a child’s nose. Do you recognize any of the ones we found on our contact plate?
A Belly Button
We tested a child’s belly button with one of our culture media … and detected some of its tiny “inhabitants”.
A Hand Bag
A handbag carries more than just personal items of ours: microorganisms. Take a look at what grew on our contact plate!
A dog's paw
A dog left its footprint on a contact plate we produced in our Molsheim site in France. Do you recognize any of the microorganisms we found?
For a sterile and safe production
For this 11th and last film in our saga, take a look behind the scenes at our Molsheim site, where Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany produces millions of ready-to-use culture media each year. These tools allow our customers to ensure the perfect sterility of their production spaces and that the drugs they produce are manufactured in a sterile and safe way.