Acetate, acrylic, polyamide and polyester textiles were deteriorated by microorganisms. We used the same microorganisms and culture mediums as described the preceding paper: six strains of
Aspergillus genus (
A. flavus, A. sojae, A. niger) and
Penicillium genus (
P. notatum, P. chrysogenum, P. frequentans). The microbes were incubated with Czapek-Dox agar slant medium, Pfeffer agar slant medium and their modified mediums. The textile fabrics for the test were exposed to the cultures of the microbes and the morphological changes were observed.
Acetate and acrylic textiles were generally deteriorated more easily than polyamide and polyester ones. Three stages of morphological deterioration were observed in the acetate. The threadlike propagation of the microbe in the fiber and the slight swelling were recognized in the first stage (plate 1, 2, 5). In the second stage the acetate suffered the extreme swelling (plate 3, 4, 6). The fiber was degraded thoroughly in the third stage (plate 7). Each strain of
Penicillium caused stronger deterioration (swelling) than that of
Aspergillus. Plate 8 shows the control of acetate fiber. In the acrylic fiber three stages were observed. The erosion at the surface and the splits along the axis of the fiber were perceived in the first stage (plate 9). In the second stage (plate 10, 11, 12) the splits grew and caused local breaks. The splits ran extensively over the surface of the fiber. As the result the fiber was broken as shown in plate 13 (the third stage). Plate 14 shows the control of acrylic fiber. The deterioration of fibers was observed for all the six strains. These microbes propagated particularly in the splits. The deterioration of polyamide proceeded in the two stages. In the first stage (plate 15) the fiber swelled locally by the erosion. The swelling extreme and the partial breaking occurred as plate 16 (the second stage). The deterioration of polyamide was caused much in the case of the strains of
Aspergillus and the use of the insufficient nutrients medium. The deterioration of polyester fiber was similar to the polyamide. The fiber suffered the deterioration by microbes of
Penicillium.
The deterioration of these textiles is considered to be by the enzymes produced by the microorganisms.
The textiles were deteriorated in the culture with the insufficients nutrients mediums.
The deterioration of semi-synthetic (acetate) and synthetic (acrylic, polyamide, polyester) textiles was more difficult than that of natural (cotton, wool, silk) and regenerated (rayon) textiles.
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