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Measurement of the surface free energy of bacterial cell surfaces and its relevance for adhesion
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An experimental technique is described to determine contact angles on bacterial layers deposited on cellulose triacetate filters. Measurements with water, water-n-propanol mixtures, and alpha-bromonaphthalene were employed to calculate surface free energies of various oral bacteria. Differences of 30 to 40 erg cm-2 were obtained for four different bacterial species isolated from the human oral cavity, if the concept of dispersion and polar surface free energies is applied. The free energies obtained were used to calculate interfacial free energies of adhesion of these bacteria from saliva onto tooth surfaces. Bacterial adhesion is energetically unfavorable, if the enamel surface free energy is less than 50 erg cm-2.
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- Busscher, H. J., Weerkamp, A. H., van der Mei, H. C., van Pelt, A. W., de Jong, H. P., & Arends, J.
- Venue
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Published
- 1984-11
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 980-983
- ISSN
- 0099-2240 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-5336
- OpenAlex
- W1781860053
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- 721
- References
- 10
- FWCI
- 15.81
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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