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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
卷 206, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112542
关键词
Plastic bags; Biofilm; Hydrophobicity; DLVO; Adhesion
资金
- Office of Higher Education Commission (OHEC) , Thailand
- S&T Postgraduate Education and Research Development Office (PERDO) , Thailand
- National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC) , National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) , Ministry of Science and Technology, Thailand, through its program of Research Network NANOTEC (RNN)
- Second Century Fund (C2F) , Chulalongkorn University
- Chulalongkorn University
This study investigated the attachment of Escherichia coli to different types of plastic bags and found that changes in the physicochemical properties of the plastic surfaces can increase bacterial attachment and biofilm formation.
Plastics and biofilms have a complicated relationship that has great interest. Bacterial cell attachment and biofilm formation is considered to cause health and environmental risks from plastic waste accumulation. In water, plastic waste could serve as a new substrate for bacteria. In our study, the attachment of Escherichia coli K12, to four types of plastic shopping bags (biodegradable polylactic acid and the non-biodegradable polypropylene, polyethylene and polyvinyl chloride) was investigated. The change in physicochemical phenomena of each plastic, such as reduced hydrophobicity and higher exopolysaccharide concentrations (total extractable protein and carbohydrate) resulted in increased biofilm content on the plastic surfaces. The bacterial colonization of different plastic surfaces controls the ionic strength of the nutrition sources. The adhesion of Escherichia coli K12 cells on the surfaces were revealed by SEM images. The finding shows that increases surface roughness, besides favor for adhesion of bacterial cells due to hydrophobicity leading to a rapid attachment of Escherichia coli K12 on the surfaces. In addition, we used Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek theory to predict the attachment of Escherichia coli K12, which gave result of adhesion due to the high energy barrier. This present study added to our knowledge of the possible consequences of plastics acting as a new habitat for microbes in different aquatic condition.
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