Role of lactobacillus cell surface hydrophobicity as probed by AFM in adhesion to surfaces at low and high ionic strength

Keyphrases

• Surface Hydrophobicity 100%
• Atomic Force Microscope 100%
• Low Ionic Strength 100%
• Lactobacillus 100%
• High Ionic Strength Solutions 100%
• Surface Adhesion 100%
• Cell Surface 75%
• Adhesion 75%
• Hydrophobicity 50%
• Lactobacillus Strains 50%
• Well-defined 25%
• Strong Interaction 25%
• Desorption 25%
• Deposition Rate 25%
• Distance Dependence 25%
• Ionic Strength 25%
• Parallel-plate Flow Chamber 25%
• Interaction Energy 25%
• Gibbs Free Energy 25%
• Surface Proteins 25%
• Hydrophobically 25%
• Interaction Force 25%
• S-layer 25%
• Glass Surface 25%
• Initial Deposition 25%
• Atomic Force Microscope Tips 25%
• Lactobacillus Species 25%
• Protein Layer 25%
• Bacterial Deposition 25%
• Hydrophobic Glass 25%
• Flow Conditions 25%
• Tip Area 25%

Immunology and Microbiology

• Cell Surface 100%
• Hydrophobicity 100%
• Ionic Strength 100%
• Lactobacillus 100%
• Bacterium 42%
• Desorption 14%

Chemical Engineering

• Hydrophile 100%
• Desorption 50%
• Deposition Rate 50%
• Gibbs Free Energy 50%