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Bacterial adherence to polystyrene: a replica method of screening for bacterial hydrophobicity

Author(s) -

M Rosenberg

Publication year - 1981

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.42.2.375-377.1981

Subject(s) - polystyrene , replica , bacteria , isolation (microbiology) , mutant , cell , bacterial cell structure , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , biology , polymer , biochemistry , genetics , organic chemistry , art , gene , visual arts

A simple replica method is described for the rapid identification of colonies of bacteria which adhere to polystyrene. A correlation was found between the adherence of bacterial strains to polystyrene and cell surface hydrophobicity, suggesting the use of this technique in screening for cell surface mutants and in the isolation of hydrophobic bacteria from nature.

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