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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2002, p. 5784-5787, Vol. 68, No. 11
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5784-5787.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Serum as a Factor Influencing Adhesion of Enterococcus faecalis to Glass and Silicone

Amparo M. Gallardo-Moreno,1 M. Luisa González-Martín,1* Ciro Pérez-Giraldo,2 José M. Bruque,1 and Antonio C. Gómez-García2

Department of Physics,1 Department of Microbiology, Extremadura University, 06071 Badajoz, Spain2

Received 4 March 2002/ Accepted 14 August 2002

The purpose of this work was to analyze the effect of serum on the physicochemical surface properties and adhesion to glass and silicone of Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212 at 37°C. As is presented using thermodynamics analysis, serum minimizes the interaction of cells with water, which correlates well with the increase in hydrophobicity and in bacterial adhesion to glass and silicone.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Departamento de Física, Universidad de Extremadura, 06071 Badajoz, Spain. Phone: 34 924 289532. Fax: 34 924 289651. E-mail: mlglez{at}unex.es.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2002, p. 5784-5787, Vol. 68, No. 11
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5784-5787.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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