Journal
BIOFOULING
Volume 15, Issue 1-3, Pages 195-205Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/08927010009386310
Keywords
bacteria; adhesion; calcium; magnesium; exopolysaccharide; diatom; motility; biofilms; signal transduction
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Association with a surface kj an important aspect of survival for microorganisms in natural and manmade environments. Both bacteria and diatoms are involved in such associations. In many cases, this leads to surface fouling, which often results in surface deterioration and mechanical failure in industrial systems. We now know that microorganisms exploit many strategies to establish associations with surfaces. As in the case of other cellular processes, calcium ions seem to play an important role in adhesion of cells to surfaces. Calcium is involved in non-specific interactions such as neutralization of the electrical double lever between cell and substratum surface as well as specific adhesive interactions that cannot be replaced by other cations. The unique properties of calcium ions promote both specific and non-specific interactions with protein and polysaccharide adhesin molecules at the cell surface. As important, but less well understood, calcium ions also influence the way microbial cells interact with different substrata.
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