title: Use of fluorescent lectin probes for analysis of footprints from Pseudomonas aeruginosa MDC on hydrophilic and hydrophobic glass substrata.
abstract: Microbial footprints of Pseudomonas aeruginosa MDC attached for 1 h to clean or silanized glass were analyzed with fluorescently labeled lectin probes. Footprint composition varied, depending on cell physiology and substratum surface chemistry. This suggests that substratum physicochemistry affected the structure of cell surfaces of adsorbed organisms.
authors.affiliation: Departament of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, CEP 05508-900, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eduardo Mora
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Bejarano
authors.forename: René Peter
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D005898:Glass; D037102:Lectins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D037102:Lectins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides