Adhesion of Lactobacillus species in urine and phosphate buffer to silicone rubber and glass under flow

Biomaterials

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-91

  Millsap, K W ^a,b   Reid, G ^a   Van Der Mei, H C ^b   Busscher, H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Glass; Hydrophobicity; Lactobacilli; Silicone rubber; Zeta potentials

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; BACTERIA; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOFILMS; BODY FLUIDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; GLASS; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHATES; SILICONES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; UROLOGY;

CELL SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITIES; HYDROPHILIC GLASS; HYDROPHOBIC SILICON RUBBER; LACTOBACILLUS SPECIES; PARALLEL PLATE FLOW CHAMBER; ZETA POTENTIALS;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

BUFFER; GLASS; PHOSPHATE; SILASTIC; SURFACTANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CATHETER; CELL SURFACE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ADULT; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BUFFERS; GLASS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; PHOSPHATES; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; URINE; WATER;

EID: 0031022660     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(96)00105-6     Document Type: Article

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