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Various aspects of surface properties of the S-layer-carrying Bacillus stearothermophilus PV72 and of an S-layer-deficient mutant (strain PV72/T5) have been tested by adsorption assays on solid surfaces, electrostatic interaction chromatography and hydrophobic interaction chromatography. The adsorption assays have shown that cell adhesion of the S-layer-carrying strain was less influenced by environmental changes than it was with the S-layer-deficient mutant. Electrostatic interaction chromatography indicated that both strains have positively and negatively charged groups exposed on the cell surface but the S-layer-carrying strain reveals more positively charged groups than does the S-layer-deficient mutant. Hydrophobic interaction chromatography showed that both strains have a hydrophilic surface but that the hydrophilic properties are more pronounced with the strain lacking an S-layer.
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Gruber, K., Sleytr, U.B. Influence of an S-layer on surface properties of Bacillus stearothermophilus . Arch. Microbiol. 156, 181–185 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00249112
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