Monolayer adsorption of a "bald" mutant of the highly adhesive and hydrophobic bacterium Acinetobacter sp. strain Tol 5 to a hydrocarbon surface

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2511-2517

  Hori, Katsutoshi ^a   Watanabe, Hisami ^b   Ishii, Shun'ichi ^b   Tanji, Yasunori ^b   Unno, Hajime ^b  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; ADSORPTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; TOLUENE;

BIOPROCESSES; HYDROPHOBIC CELL SURFACE;

BACTERIA;

HEXADECANE; HYDROCARBON; TOLUENE; WATER; WATER OIL CREAM;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; HYDROCARBON; TOLUENE;

ACINETOBACTER; ADSORPTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMULSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID MONOLAYER; NONHUMAN;

ACINETOBACTER; ADSORPTION; BACTERIAL ADHESION; EMULSIONS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS;

ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 42349103946     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02229-07     Document Type: Article

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