industrial scale that would have you to replacing the production of petrochemical dyes worldwide. 70 blatche and. say they're the 1st to study this extraordinary natural process they're the founders of the french startup believe based in toulouse they see these microorganisms this great lines that could be used to color all our clothes without any chemicals for years they worked to identify the microorganisms best able to produce color. in 2015 they finally developed a low carbon method to obtain pigment for dying textiles it's a method that's been used for centuries in the food industry you know we allow these microorganisms to ferment to bit mike fermenting beer. but instead of consuming sugar to make alcohol the microorganisms are consuming sugar to make dies . because of that. it takes a week and warm temperatures for the blue pigment to appear the substance is then tried to obtain a biodegradable powder. suitable for dyeing different types of fabric depending on the formulas we apply we can produce colors ranging from burgundy to light blue. this biotechnology could change the face of t