Natural dyes developed by microbial-nanosilver to produce antimicrobial and anticancer textiles.

ABSTRACT: Developing special textiles (for patients in hospitals for example) properties, special antimicrobial and anticancer, was the main objective of the current work. The developed textiles were produced after dyeing by the novel formula of natural (non-environmental toxic) pigments (melanin amended by microbial-AgNPs). Streptomyces torulosus isolate OSh10 with accession number KX753680.1 was selected as a superior producer for brown natural pigment. By optimization processes, some different pigment colors were observed after growing the tested strain on the 3 media. Dextrose and malt extract enhanced the bacteria to produce a reddish-black color. However, glycerol as the main carbon source and NaNO₃ and asparagine as a nitrogen source were noted as the best for the production of bro

SUBMITTER: Darwesh OM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11218209 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature