Nelson, Christopher H.Robinson, J. A.Characklis, William G.2017-07-282017-07-281985-12Nelson CH, Robinson JA, Characklis WG, "Bacterial adsorption to smooth surfaces: Rate, extent, and spatial pattern," Biotechnology and Bioengineering 1985 27(12) 1662-16670006-3592https://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/13438The influence of bulk-water bacterial cell concentration and specific growth rate history on bacterial adsorption rates to surfaces was investigated using response surface analysis. A pure culture of Pseudomonas sp. 224s was grown in a chemostat and pumped into a continuous flow reactor where the bacteria were exposed to clean, glass surfaces under turbulent flow conditions for a periodof six hours. Adsorption rate decreased approximately linearly with increasing specific growth rate history. Glass surfaces became saturated with 2248 at ca. 0.1% coverage and the resulting spatial pattern of the adsorbed cells deviated from random in the direction of uniformity.Article