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What Types of Bonds Are Responsible for the Adhesion of Bacteria and Viruses to Native and Artificial Surfaces?

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Pathogenesis of Wound and Biomaterial-Associated Infections

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Most bacteria and the surfaces to which they attach are negatively charged. Thus, there is repulsion between the bacterium and the surface target of attachment that must be overcome if adhesion is to occur. This happens most often by hydrophobic interaction, which can be transformed to or reinforced by short range van der Waals bonds. Therefore, an understanding of these hydrophobic interactions is important in understanding bacterial adhesion. The nature of these interactions and how they can be differentiated from electrostatic forces by altering ionic strength and temperature are presented. Methods to determine surface charge and hydrophobicity of bacteria are compared and ways to manipulate these factors are discussed.

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  1. Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Lund, POB 117, S-22100, Lund, Sweden

    Torkel Wadström PhD (Professor) & Åsa Ljungh PhD (Assistant Professor) (Professor) &  (Assistant Professor)

  2. Department Medical Microbiology, Sölvegaten 23, S-23362, Lund, Sweden

    Ingvar Eliasson PhD

  3. Burns Institute, Shriners Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Ian Holder PhD

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Hjertén, S., Wadström, T. (1990). What Types of Bonds Are Responsible for the Adhesion of Bacteria and Viruses to Native and Artificial Surfaces?. In: Wadström, T., Eliasson, I., Holder, I., Ljungh, Å. (eds) Pathogenesis of Wound and Biomaterial-Associated Infections. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3454-1_29

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