Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Volume 5 Issue 4
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- Pages.241-243
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- 1995
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- 1017-7825(pISSN)
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- 1738-8872(eISSN)
Increased Cell Surface Hydrophobicity of A Lipopolysaccharide-defective Mutant of Bradyrhizobium japonicum
- JAE-SEONG S0 (Department of Biotechnology, Inha University) ;
- PAE, KYEONC-HOON (Department of Biotechnology, Inha University)
- Published : 1995.08.01
Abstract
A lipopolysaccharide (LPS) defective mutant of Bradyrhizobium japonicum was characterized in terms of its cell surface hydrophobicity (CSH). By monitoring the kinetics of adhesion to hexadecane the LPS mutant was found to be far more hydrophobic than the wild type strain; the removal coefficients were 4.65