Quantification of acid-base interactions based on contact angle measurement allows XDLVO predictions to attachment of Campylobacter jejuni but not Salmonella

Vu Nguyen, Teck Raymond Chia, Mark Turner, Narelle Fegan, Gary Dykes

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Abstract

Acid-base (AB) interactions play the most important role in bacterial attachment to surfaces and can be quantified based on electron donor/electron acceptor data from contact angle measurement (CAM) according to the extended Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (XDLVO) theory. It follows that the XDLVO theory could fail to explain attachment numbers if differences in AB interactions between strains are not apparent by CAM. This study aimed to investigate the validity of the above assumptions by comparing empirical data on attachment of six bacterial strains (three strains of Campylobacter jejuni and three strains of Salmonella) to stainless steel and XDLVO theory predictions. A significant difference (P
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)89 - 96
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Microbiological Methods
Volume86
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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