Bacterial flagella explore microscale hummocks and hollows to increase adhesion

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 5624-5629

  Friedlander, Ronn S ^a,b   Vlamakis, Hera ^c   Kim, Philseok ^b,d   Khan, Mughees ^b   Kolter, Roberto ^c   Aizenberg, Joanna ^b,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial appendages; Microbial adhesion; Structured surfaces; Surface texture; Surface wetting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BODY MOVEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84875855466     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1219662110     Document Type: Article

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