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Crude bacterial extracts of two new Streptomyces sp. isolates as bio-colorants for textile dyeing

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Renewed demand for incorporation of natural dyes (bio-colorants) in textile industry could be met through biotechnological production of bacterial pigments. Two new Streptomyces strains (NP2 and NP4) were isolated for the remarkable ability to produce diffusible deep blue and deep red pigment into fermentation medium. Crude mycelial extracts of both strains were used as bio-colorants in conventional textile dyeing procedures avoiding downstream purification procedures. The yields of bio-colorants obtained in this way were 62 and 84 mg per g of mycelia for Streptomyces sp. NP2 and Streptomyces sp. NP4, respectively. Through nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of crude extracts before and after dyeing procedures, it was shown that both extracts contained prodigiosin-like family of compounds that exhibited different dyeing capabilities towards different textile fibers. Polyamide and acrylic fibers were colored to the deepest shade, polyester and triacetate fibers to a noticeable, but much lower shade depth, while cotton and cellulosic fibers stained weakly. These results confirmed that crude bacterial extracts had the characteristics similar to those of ionic and disperse dyes, which was consistent with the identified polypyrrolic prodigiosin-like structures.

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Authors are very grateful to Dr. Darka Mihailovic, Belgrade University, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, for practical assistance. This work was supported by Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (Grant Nos. 173048 and 172013-III 45019, MESTD, 2011–2014).

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  1. Textile Engineering Department, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Karnegijeva 4, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

    Ana Kramar, Mirjana Kostic & Dragan Jocic

  2. Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 444a, P.O. Box 23, 11010, Belgrade, Serbia

    Tatjana Ilic-Tomic & Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic

  3. Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 450, 11221, Belgrade, Serbia

    Milos Petkovic

  4. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Niš, Višegradska 33, 18000, Niš, Serbia

    Niko Radulović

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Kramar, A., Ilic-Tomic, T., Petkovic, M. et al. Crude bacterial extracts of two new Streptomyces sp. isolates as bio-colorants for textile dyeing. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 30, 2231–2240 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-014-1644-x

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