The physicochemical process of bacterial attachment to abiotic surfaces: Challenges for mechanistic studies, predictability and the development of control strategies

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 452-464

  Wang, Yi ^a   Lee, Sui Mae ^a   Dykes, Gary ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Attachment; Bacteria; Charge; Hydrophobicity; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

BACTERIAL ATTACHMENT; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELLS; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR ENTERITIDIS; STANDARDIZATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE CHARGE; THERMODYNAMICS; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84951791482     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1040841X.2013.866072     Document Type: Review

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