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dc.contributor.authorHui, Y.
dc.contributor.authorNarayanan, K.
dc.contributor.authorDykes, Gary
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-15T22:24:08Z
dc.date.available2017-03-15T22:24:08Z
dc.date.created2017-03-08T06:39:33Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationHui, Y. and Narayanan, K. and Dykes, G. 2016. Control of attachment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cepacia to surfaces by shear force. Water Environment Research. 88 (11): pp. 2040-2046.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50452
dc.identifier.doi10.2175/106143016X14504669767292
dc.description.abstract

© 2016, Water Environment Federation. All rights reserved.The effect of physical shearing on the attachment of six Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains and six Burkholderia cepacia strains to glass, stainless steel, polystyrene and Teflont was determined. A significant (p < 0.05) decrease in hydrophobicity was apparent for all P. aeruginosa strains (17-36%) and B. cepacia, MS 5 (20%) after shearing. A significant (p < 0.05) decrease in attachment of some P. aeruginosa (0.2-0.5 log CFU/cm2) and B. cepacia (0.2-0.4 log CFU/cm2) strains to some surface types was apparent after shearing. Significant (p < 0.05) correlation was observed for both numbers of flagellated cells and hydrophobicity against attachment to glass, stainless steel and polystyrene for P. aeruginosa while only hydrophobicity showed significant correlation against the same surfaces for B. cepacia. Scanning electron microscopy and protein analysis showed that shearing removed surface proteins from the cells and may have led to the observed changes in hydrophobicity and attachment to abiotic surfaces.

dc.publisherWater Environment Federation
dc.titleControl of attachment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cepacia to surfaces by shear force
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume88
dcterms.source.number11
dcterms.source.startPage2040
dcterms.source.endPage2046
dcterms.source.issn1061-4303
dcterms.source.titleWater Environment Research
curtin.departmentSchool of Public Health
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