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Determining the Tendency of Microorganisms to Interact with Hydrocarbon Phases

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Three procedures for the determination of the hydrophobicity of microorganisms and/or their tendency to physically interact with hydrocarbon phases are presented. These include the bacterial/microbial adhesion to hydrocarbon (BATH/MATH) test, hydrophobic interaction chromatography and contact angle measurements of filter-retained microbial cell layers.

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  1. Department Umweltmikrobiologie, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH – UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany

    Hauke Harms & Lukas Y. Wick

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  1. School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

    Terry J. McGenity

  2. Institute of Microbiology, Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

    Kenneth N. Timmis

  3. Department of Biology, University of the Balearic Islands and Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA, UIB-CSIC), Palma de Mallorca, Spain

    Balbina Nogales

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Harms, H., Wick, L.Y. (2015). Determining the Tendency of Microorganisms to Interact with Hydrocarbon Phases. In: McGenity, T., Timmis, K., Nogales, B. (eds) Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/8623_2015_77

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