Pseudomonas fluorescens adhesion and transport through porous media are affected by lipopolysaccharide composition

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 100-104

  Williams, Valerie ^a   Fletcher, Madilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; O ANTIGEN; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL SURFACE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0030022528     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.1.100-104.1996     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Belas, R., D. Erskine, and D. Flaherty. 1991. Transposon mutagenesis in Proteus mirabilis. J. Bacteriol. 173:6289-6293.
2. Bidle, K., H. Wickman, and M. Fletcher. 1993. Attachment of a Pseudomonas-like bacterium and Bacillus cougulans to solid surfaces and adsorption of their S-layer proteins. J. Gen. Microbiol. 139:1891-1897.
3. Busscher, H. J., A. H. Weerkamp, H. C. van der Mei, A. W. J. Van Pelt, H. P. De Jong, and J. Arends. 1984. Measurements of the surface free energy of bacterial cell surfaces and its relevance for adhesion. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 48:980-983.
4. Camper, A. K., J. T. Hayes, P. J. Sturman, W. L. Jones, and A. B. Cunningham. 1993. Effects of motility and adsorption rate coefficient on transport of bacteria through saturated porous media. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59:3455-3462.
5. Costerton, J. W., T. J. Marrie, and K.-J. Cheng. 1985. Phenomena of bacterial adhesion, p. 3-43. In D. C. Savage and M. Fletcher (ed.). Bacterial adhesion. Plenum Press, New York.
6. Cowan, M. M., and M. Fletcher. 1987. Rapid screening method for detection of bacterial mutants with altered adhesion abilities. J. Microbiol. Methods 7:241-249.
7. Danielsson, A., B. Norkrans, and A. Bjornsson. 1977. On bacterial adhesion - the effect of certain enzymes on adhered cells of a marine Pseudomonas sp. Bot. Mar. 20:13-17.
8. DeFlaun, M. F., B. M. Marshall, E.-P. Kulle, and S. B. Levy. 1994. Tn5 insertion mutants of Pseudomonas fluorescens defective in adhesion to soil and seeds. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:2637-2642.
9. DeFlaun, M. F., A. S. Tanzer, A. L. McAteer, B. Marshall, and S. B. Levy. 1990. Development of an adhesion assay and characterization of an adhe-sion-deficient mutant of Pseudomonas fluorescens. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56:112-119.
10. de Lorenzo, V., M. Herrero, U. Jakubzik, and K. N. Timmis. 1990. Mini-Tn5 transposon derivatives for insertion mutagenesis, promoter probing, and chromosomal insertion of cloned DNA in gram-negative eubacteria. J. Bacteriol. 172:6568-6572.
11. Doyle, R. J., W. E. Nesbitt, and K. G. Taylor. 1982. On the mechanism of adherence of Streptococcus sanguis to hydroxylapatite. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 15:1-5.
12. Fletcher, M. 1990. Methods for studying adhesion and attachment to surfaces, p. 251-283. In R. Grigorova and J. R. Norris (ed.), Methods in microbiology, vol. 22. Academic Press, London.
13. Fletcher, M., and K. C. Marshall. 1982. Bubble contact angle method for evaluating substratum interfacial characteristics and its relevance to bacterial attachment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 44:184-192.
14. Fontes, D. E., A. L. Mills, G. M. Hornberger, and J. S. Herman. 1991. Physical and chemical factors influencing transport of microorganisms through porous media. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57:2473-2481.
15. Gannon, J. T., V. B. Manilal, and M. Alexander. 1991. Relationship between cell surface properties and transport of bacteria through soil. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57:190-193.
16. Gannon, J., Y. Tan, P. Baveye, and M. Alexander. 1991. Effect of sodium chloride on transport of bacteria in a saturated aquifer material. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57:2497-2501.
17. Hitchcock, P. J., and T. M. Brown. 1983. Morphological heterogeneity among Salmonella lipopolysaccharide chemotypes in silver-stained polyacrylamide gels. J. Bacteriol. 154:269-277.
18. James, A. M. 1991. Charge properties of microbial cell surfaces, p. 221-262. In N. Mozes, P. S. Handley, H. J. Busscher, and P. G. Rouxhet (ed.), Microbial cell surface analysis. VCH Publications. New York.
19. Long, S., S. McCune, and G. C. Walker. 1988. Symbiotic loci of Rhizobium meliloti identified by random TnphoA mutagenesis. J. Bacteriol. 170:4257-4265.
20. Madsen, E. L., and M. Alexander. 1982. Transport of Rhizobium and Pseudomonas through soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 46:557-560.
21. Manoil, C., J. J. Mekalanos, and J. Beckwith. 1990. Alkaline phosphatase fusions: sensors of subcellular location. J. Bacteriol. 172:515-518.
22. McCarter, L. L., and M. Silverman. 1987. Phosphate regulation of gene expression in Vibrio parahaemolyticus. J. Bacteriol. 169:3441-3449.
23. McEldowney, S., and M. Fletcher. 1986. Physicochemical factors affecting bacterial adhesion to polystyrene substrata. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 52:460-465.
24. Miller, V. L., and J. J. Mekalanos. 1988. A novel suicide vector and its use in construction of insertion mutations: osmoregulation of outer membrane proteins and virulence determinants in Vibrio cholerae requires toxR. J. Bacteriol. 170:2575-2583.
25. Paul, J. H., and W. H. Jeffrey. 1985. Evidence for separate adhesion mechanisms for hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces in Vibrio proteolytica. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 50:431-437.
26. Pringle, J. H., and M. Fletcher. 1983. Influence of substratum wettability on the attachment of freshwater bacteria to solid surfaces. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 45:818-825.
27. Pringle, J. H., M. Fletcher, and D. C. Ellwood. 1983. Selection of attachment mutants during the continuous culture of Pseudomonas fluorescens and relationship between attachment ability and surface composition. J. Gen. Microbiol. 129:2557-2569.
28. Robb, I. D. 1984. Stereo-biochemistry and function of polymers, p. 39-49. In K. C. Marshall (ed.), Microbial adhesion and aggregation. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
29. Rosenberg, M., and S. Kjelleberg. 1986. Hydrophobic interactions: role in bacterial adhesion. Adv. Microb. Ecol. 9:353-393.
30. Rutter, P. R., and B. Vincent. 1984. Physicochemical interactions of the substratum, microorganisms, and the fluid phase, p. 21-38. In K. C. Marshall (ed.), Microbial adhesion and aggregation. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
31. Scholl, M. A., A. L. Mills, J. S. Herman, and B. M. Hornberger. 1991. The influence of mineralogy and solution chemistry on attachment of bacteria to representative aquifer materials. J. Contam. Hydrol. 6:331-336.
32. Smith, M. S., G. W. Thomas, R. E. White, and D. Ritonga. 1985. Transport of Escherichia coli through intact and disturbed soil columns. J. Environ. Quat. 14:87-91.
33. Stenström, T. A. 1989. Bacterial hydrophobicity, an overall parameter for the measurement of adhesion potential to soil particles. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 55:142-147.
34. van der Mei, H. C., M. Rosenberg, and H. J. Busscher. 1990. Assessment of microbial cell surface hydrophobicity. p. 263-287. In N. Mozes, P. S. Handley, H. J. Busscher, and P. G. Rouxhet (ed.), Microbial cell surface analysis. VCH Publications, New York.
35. Vandevivere, P., and P. Baveye. 1992. Relationship between transport of bacteria and their clogging efficiency in sand columns. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 58:2523-2530.
36. Wiencek, K. M., N. A. Klapes, and P. M. Foegeding. 1990. Hydrophobicity of Bacillus and Clostridium spores. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56:2600-2605.