| Literature DB >> 18065607 |
M Reza Nejadnik1, Henny C van der Mei, Henk J Busscher, Willem Norde.
Abstract
We introduce a procedure for determining shear forces at the balance between attachment and detachment of bacteria under flow. This procedure can be applied to derive adhesion forces in weak-adherence systems, such as polymer brush coatings, which are currently at the center of attention for their control of bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 18065607 PMCID: PMC2227715 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01557-07
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792