Influence of Substratum Characteristics on the Attachment of a Marine Pseudomonad to Solid Surfaces
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The attachment of a marine Pseudomonas sp. to a variety of surfaces was investigated, and the number of bacteria which became attached was related to the surface charge and degree of hydrophobicity of the substratum. Large numbers of bacteria attached to hydrophobic plastics with little or no surface charge [Teflon, polyethylene, polystyrene, poly(ethylene terephthalate)]; moderate numbers attached to hydrophilic metals with a positive (platinum) or neutral (germanium) surface charge; and very few attached to hydrophilic, negatively charged substrata (glass, mica, oxidized plastics). The results suggest that both electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions are involved in bacterial attachment.
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Adhesion of strain bearing anchored PrtP increased regardless of whether the substrate was PTFE, which is apolar and hydrophobic, or glass, which is polar and hydrophilic.
“Furthermore, adhesion of strain bearing anchored PrtP increased regardless of whether the substrate was PTFE, which is apolar and hydrophobic, or glass, which is polar and hydrophilic [38].”
From Positive role of cell wall anchored proteinase PrtP in adhesion of lactococci (2007) · cites this paper as [38]
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“Furthermore, adhesion of strain bearing anchored PrtP increased regardless of whether the substrate was PTFE, which is apolar and hydrophobic, or glass, which is polar and hydrophilic [38].”
Background
- Authors
- Fletcher, M., & Loeb, G. I.
- Affiliations
- Bangor University (GB)
- United States Naval Research Laboratory (US)
- Venue
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Published
- 1979-01
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 67-72
- ISSN
- 0099-2240 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-5336
- PMC
- PMC243402
- OpenAlex
- W1570448267
- Cited by
- 587
- References
- 33
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- FWCI
- 3.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Ocean Engineering › Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Surfaces, Coatings and Films › Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
- Keywords
- bacterial adhesion, surface hydrophobicity, electrostatic interactions, hydrophobic interactions, solid surfaces, plastics, metals, glass, mica
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