Open AccessMeasurement of the kinetics of bacterial adherence to hexadecane in polystyrene cuvettes
Author(s) -
Sharon Danny,
BarNess Ronit,
Rosenberg Mel
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1986.tb01679.x
Subject(s) - hexadecane , cuvette , kinetics , acinetobacter calcoaceticus , serratia marcescens , chemistry , polystyrene , chromatography , microbiology and biotechnology , acinetobacter , organic chemistry , biology , biochemistry , escherichia coli , polymer , gene , antibiotics , physics , quantum mechanics
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.