PHYSICOCHEMICAL CELL-SURFACE AND ADHESIVE PROPERTIES OF CORYNEFORM BACTERIA RELATED TO THE PRESENCE AND CHAIN-LENGTH OF MYCOLIC ACIDS

Authors
BENDINGER B RIJNAARTS HHM ALTENDORF K ZEHNDER AJB
Citation
B. Bendinger et al., PHYSICOCHEMICAL CELL-SURFACE AND ADHESIVE PROPERTIES OF CORYNEFORM BACTERIA RELATED TO THE PRESENCE AND CHAIN-LENGTH OF MYCOLIC ACIDS, Applied and environmental microbiology, 59(11), 1993, pp. 3973-3977
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
59
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
3973 - 3977
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1993)59:11<3973:PCAAPO>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The presence and chain length of mycolic acids of bacteria of the gene ra Corynebacterium, Rhodococcus, Gordona, Mycobacterium, and Arthrobac ter and of coryneform bacteria containing a type B peptidoglycan were related to the cell surface hydrophobicity of the bacteria, which in t urn was related to adhesion of the cells to defined surfaces such as T eflon and glass. The origin of the overall negative charge of these ba cteria is discussed.