technology

Microbial dyeing

Textile coloration using engineered bacteria or yeast that synthesise and fix pigments encoded by reconstructed DNA sequences, displacing petrochemical dyes.

Where it's used

Biotech in the textile industry
Microbial and fungal biofabrication replacing petrochemical and animal-derived textile inputs — from mycelium leather and collagen hides to DNA-encoded dyeing and enzymatic finishing.
fibers-textiles 6 min