title: Stochastic modeling of bacterial adhesion: a two-step mechanism with linear adhesion rate.
abstract: Stochastic analysis of bacterial adhesion onto the surface of solid substrate is presented. Bacterial adhesion is assumed to occur in two steps: (i) a reversible adhesion between bacteria and solid surface; bacteria on the surface are weakly bound during this period, followed by (ii) an irreversible surface reaction which results in a strong binding force between bacteria and the surface; bacteria are considered to be in adhered form at this stage. The stochastic representation provides both the macroscopic and fluctuating information about the transient behavior of the phenomenon under consideration.
authors: Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, R.O.C.
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Hsu
mesh_terms: D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D007700:Kinetics; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D011336:Probability; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D013499:Surface Properties