Determination of bacterial cell surface hydrophobicity of single cells in cultures and in wastewater in situ

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 299-306

  Zita, Anna ^a   Hermansson, Malte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacterial hydrophobicity; Method; Microsphere adhesion to cells

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; MICROSPHERE;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL SURFACE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AGAROSE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HYDROCARBONS; MICROSPHERES; SEWAGE; SWEDEN;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0030794353     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00214-0     Document Type: Article

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