Adhesion and motility of gliding bacteria on substrata with different surface free energies.
The adhesion and motility of several aquatic and terrestrial gliding bacteria on slides differing in their critical surface energies have been examined. In general, adhesion was tenacious on low-critical surface energy (hydrophobic) surfaces and tenuous on hydrophilic surfaces. Gliding was inhibited on very hydrophobic substrata and skittish on very hydrophilic surfaces.
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County 21228.
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D001419:Bacteria / Q000166:cytology; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology; D013499:Surface Properties; D013816:Thermodynamics