Microbial production of indigo

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Microbial synthesis of indigo dyestuff in indole-free media is disclosed. Indigo production is preferably accomplished by genetic transformation of selected host cells having the capacity to produce and accumulate indole (either as a result of endogenous genomic capacity or genetic transformation) to incorporate the capacity for synthesis of an aromatic dioxygenase enzyme. Growth of transformed cells under suitable conditions facilitates aromatic dioxygenase enzyme catalyzed oxidative transformation of cellular indole, with consequent formation of indigo from the oxidized reaction products. In a highly preferred embodiment, E. coli cells having endogenous indole production capacity are transformed with a DNA expression vector comprising the structural gene for naphthalene dioxygenase, resulting in the microbial synthesis of isolatable quantities of indigo.

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