Adhesion of Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilms to glass, stainless steel and cellulose

Wan Dagang WR 1 , Bowen J 2 , O'Keeffe J 3 , Robbins PT 4 , Zhang Z 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Faculty of Biosciences and Medical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM Skudai, 81310, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Engineering and Innovation, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
  • 3 Unilever R&D, Port Sunlight, Bebington, Wirral, UK
  • 4 School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
  • 5 School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. z.zhang@bham.ac.uk
Biotechnol Lett, 2016 May;38(5):787-92.
PMID: 26892223 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-016-2047-x

Abstract

The adhesion of colloidal probes of stainless steel, glass and cellulose to Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilms was examined using atomic force microscopy (AFM) to allow comparisons between surfaces to which biofilms might adhere.

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