title: Analysis of the adhesion of Pseudomonas putida NCIB 9816-4 to a silica gel as a model soil using extended DLVO theory.
abstract: The extended Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (DLVO) theory was applied to explain the hydrophobic interaction-mediated adhesion of Pseudomonas putida NCIB 9816-4 to soil. Soil particles are heterogeneous, and it is difficult to define consistent physico-chemical properties such as a contact angle and zeta potential. Hence, a silica gel and a silanized (3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane-coated) silica gel, which showed greater hydrophobicity than the unmodified silica gel, were used as model soils. Gibbs energies for the cell adhesion to the silica gels were calculated with the physico-chemical properties of the microbes and the silica gels and then plotted as a function of the separation distance. The extended DLVO theory successfully explained that the adhesion of P. putida NCIB 9816-4 to the silica gel, a model soil, was primarily caused by hydrophobic interaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemoon-Gu, Seoul 120-749, South Korea.
authors.forename: Geelsu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Chang-Ha
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ik-Sung
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Byung Jin
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Mhin
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D018441:Biofilms; D000077215:Clay; D004563:Electrochemistry; D008956:Models, Chemical; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000737:chemistry*; D058428:Silica Gel; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013499:Surface Properties; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D058428:Silica Gel; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D000077215:Clay