title: Superwetting comonomers reduce adhesion of E. coli BL21.
abstract: The adhesion of Escherichia coli to copolymers of methacrylates and a trisiloxane-polyether acrylate surfactant was found to be at a minimum with copolymers containing a low (20%) fraction of the surfactant monomer. Rather than wettability, hardness, or water uptake, adhesion was found to be limited by the presence of low concentrations of bound surfactant that can interact with hydrophobic domains on the bacterium inhibiting anchoring to the polymer surface.
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Madiha F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada. mabrook@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Luong
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada. mabrook@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Jerry
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kurian
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada. mabrook@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0705-9657
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Brook
mesh_terms: D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry*; D008689:Methacrylates / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D017155:Wettability
chemical_list: D008689:Methacrylates; D011108:Polymers; D013501:Surface-Active Agents