MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS IN TEXTILE INDUSTRY: A REVIEW

The main aim of this review article is to focus on the beneficial as well as the harmful impact of microorganisms on textile fibers. Nature and natural sources are a scarce commodity compared to the increasing global population. Research has been diverted to the use of microorganisms in the evolution of newer processes and bettering the existing ones in textile industry which serves to satisfy one of the essential needs of man; being the basic requirement of covering their bodies, which is as ancient as the nomadic human being itself predating to the historic age. Similar interactions of microorganisms in cotton production are also well known. So this review article is a step to understand our natural resources and conserve them for satisfying the bare necessity of human life.