Affiliation:
1. Department of Physics
2. Department of Microbiology, Extremadura University, 06071 Badajoz, Spain
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this work was to study the adhesion to polystyrene of two
Candida parapsilosis
strains, grown at 22 and 37°C, in terms of hydrophobicity, surface charge, and interaction free energy. Growth temperature changed the surface properties of microorganisms, yielding a good correlation between thermodynamic predictions and adhesion behavior.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology
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