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Clostridium used in mediaeval dyeing

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  • A. Nikki Padden

    (School of Plant Sciences, The University of Reading)

  • Vivian M. Dillon

    (School of Plant Sciences, The University of Reading)

  • Philip John

    (School of Plant Sciences, The University of Reading)

  • John Edmonds

    (Chiltern Open Air Museum)

  • M. David Collins

    (BBSRC Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory)

  • Nerea Alvarez

    (BBSRC Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory)

Abstract

Before chemical methods of reduction were introduced in the past century, dyeing using the pigment indigo required a fermenting woad vat to reduce the insoluble indigo to a soluble form1,2. We have reproduced mediaeval techniques of woad preparation3 and fermentation, and find that a thermophilic Clostridium bacterium was responsible for the reduction of indigo.

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  • A. Nikki Padden & Vivian M. Dillon & Philip John & John Edmonds & M. David Collins & Nerea Alvarez, 1998. "Clostridium used in mediaeval dyeing," Nature, Nature, vol. 396(6708), pages 225-225, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:396:y:1998:i:6708:d:10.1038_24290
    DOI: 10.1038/24290
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    1. Ioannis Karapanagiotis, 2019. "A Review on the Archaeological Chemistry of Shellfish Purple," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(13), pages 1-23, June.

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