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. 1974 Oct;28(4):572–578. doi: 10.1128/am.28.4.572-578.1974

Sorption of Heterotrophic and Enteric Bacteria to Glass Surfaces in the Continuous Culture of River Water

Charles W Hendricks 1,1
PMCID: PMC186774  PMID: 4424694

Abstract

A natural population of heterotrophic bacteria, including enterics, was observed to sorb to glass surfaces and multiply during the continuous culture of river water. An initial rate of attachment equivalent to a doubling time of about 2 h was observed with a corresponding increase in the suspended population. After 24 h both the sorbed and suspended populations stabilized with a mass doubling time approximating 100 h at a dilution rate of 0.012/h. On the basis of respiration and degradative enzymatic data, the sorbed microorganisms appeared to be somewhat more metabolically active than the organisms in suspension.

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