EFFECTS OF BACTERIAL-CELL SURFACE-STRUCTURES AND HYDROPHOBICITY ON ATTACHMENT TO ACTIVATED-SLUDGE FLOCS

Authors
ZITA A HERMANSSON M
Citation
A. Zita et M. Hermansson, EFFECTS OF BACTERIAL-CELL SURFACE-STRUCTURES AND HYDROPHOBICITY ON ATTACHMENT TO ACTIVATED-SLUDGE FLOCS, Applied and environmental microbiology, 63(3), 1997, pp. 1168-1170
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
63
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1168 - 1170
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1997)63:3<1168:EOBSAH>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We have shown that increased cell surface hydrophobicities of both wel l-characterized Escherichia coli strains and isolates from wastewater correlate well with increased adhesion to sludge flocs (Spearman rank correlation coefficient, 0.773; P < 0.01).