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BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages 141-145Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005622424821
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bacterial adhesion; biocompatible surfaces; Lower Critical Solution Temperature; polymers
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The ability of microorganisms to 'recognise' a change in the hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity balance of the surface was demonstrated using thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) co-polymers with different Lower Critical Solution Temperatures. The polymers were grafted onto hydrolysed glass under well controlled conditions and the adhesion was followed using C-13-labelled Listeria monocytogenes. Attachment of the bacteria was found to be directly affected by the polymer transition from a hydrophilic to a hydrophobic state but by less than one order of magnitude.
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