SURFACE ANGLE OF BACTERIAL COLONY IS DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO HYDROPHOBICITY OF BACTERIUM

Authors
GOLDSTEIN B MAGDASSI S ROKEM JS
Citation
B. Goldstein et al., SURFACE ANGLE OF BACTERIAL COLONY IS DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO HYDROPHOBICITY OF BACTERIUM, Microbios, 75(304), 1993, pp. 181-184
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Microbios → ACNP
ISSN journal
00262633
Volume
75
Issue
304
Year of publication
1993
Pages
181 - 184
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-2633(1993)75:304<181:SAOBCI>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A direct relation was found for the surface energy of four different b acteria as measured by the contact angle of a 0.1 m NaCl solution appl ied to a bacterial layer and the contact angle of the colony of the ba cterium. It is suggested that the contact angle of a colony to the aga r can be used as a simple and direct measurement of the hydrophobicity of bacteria.