Measurement of the kinetics of bacterial adherence to hexadecane in polystyrene cuvettes

Danny Sharon, Ronit Bar-Ness, Mel Rosenberg*

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Abstract

The kinetics of bacterial adherence to hexadecane were measured using disposable polystyrene cuvettes. The rate of adherence was exponential, and was itself linearly dependent on the water:hexadecane ratio employed. The dependency of the rate of adherence on the water:hexadecane ratio, termed the removal coefficient, varied from 4.7 min-1 for Streptococcus pyogenes to 72 min-1 for Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. The removal coefficient of Serratia marcescens was a function of growth temperature, 48 min-1 following growth at 30°C as opposed to 5.8 min-1 for 35°C-grown cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)115-118
Number of pages4
JournalFEMS Microbiology Letters
Volume36
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1986

Keywords

  • Acinetobacter calcoaceticus
  • Hexadecane
  • Serratia marcescens
  • Streptococcus pyogenes
  • adherence

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