The effect of extracellular polymeric substances on the attachment ofPseudomonasNCIMB 2021 to AISI 304 and 316 stainless steel
- 1 May 2000
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Biofouling
- Vol. 15 (1-3), 25-36
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08927010009386295
Abstract
Surfaces of AISI 304 and 316 stainless steels were pre-treated with three different types of extracellular polymeric substances, viz. (i) exopolymers released into the culture medium ("free"; or planktonic exopolymers), (ii) capsular exopolymers, and (iii) biofilm exopolymers, produced by continuous cultures of marine Pseudomonas NCIMB 2021. The initial attachment of Pseudomonas cells to exopolymer-conditioned steel surfaces varied with the exopolymer type and concentration. Results gained from wettability studies of exopolymer-treated steel using contact angle measurements, as well as from the surface roughness measurements conducted employing atomic force microscopy analysis, could not account for the observed, statistically significant differences (p < 0.1) in the level of bacterial surface colonisation. It is therefore proposed that neither surface hydrophobicity nor roughness play an important part in the early attachment of Pseudomonas NCIMB 2021 to the conditioned steel surfaces and that a difference in the chemistry of the exopolymers is most likely a key parameter influencing initial cell adhesion to pre-treated steel.Keywords
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