title: [Factors affecting adhesion of Cytophaga hutchinsonii to cellulose].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to understand the mechanism of Cytophaga hutchinsonii adhension to cellulose.
  
  
  METHODS
  The effects of different factors on the bacterial adhesion to cellulose were studied, including bacterial age, pH, temperature, cell surface charge, cell viability, cell surface protein, extracellular polysaccharides, and cellulose derivates.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Treatments with heat and protease reduced the adhesion remarkably. But treatments with NaN3, formalin, glutaraldehyde, Congo red and NaIO4 had only slight effect on the adhesion. The adhension of Cytophaga hutchinsonii cells to microcrystalline cellulose was specific and not inhibited by cellobiose or carboxymethyl cellulose.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The adhesion of Cytophaga hutchinsonii to cellulose was closely related to cell surface proteins, while cellular metabolic activity and extracellular polysaccharides had only slight effect on it. It is speculated that there might be some specific cellulose binding proteins on the cell surface.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China. cn4036@126.com
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yuanxi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xuemei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry*; D003589:Cytophaga / Q000737:chemistry / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D013499:Surface Properties; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D002482:Cellulose