Influence of shear on microbial adhesion to conv a

Microbial g on the wall she hylen chamber. In r rate the flow cha h app O2K2 and C nd w Characteristic shear rates preventing adhesion to the bottom plate were around 10 and 1.0 s−1 for the bacteria on glass and the PEO-brush and 36 and 3.4 s−1 for the yeast strain on glass and the PEO-brush, respectively. This demonstrates that the adhesive forces between microorganisms and a PEO-brus deposition the deposi