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Abstract
This review addresses the potential biotechnological techniques for textile fibre extraction (degumming), mainly focusing on bamboo, one of the main and recently developed textile natural fibres in China. The latest developments in microbial and enzymatic processing for ecological fibre extraction as well as the development of a molecular technique for natural fibre bio-treatment are highlighted.
Acknowledgement
This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities JUSRP211A02 and by the scholarship (Carla Silva): SFRH/BPD/46515/2008 from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal.
Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.