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Interference reflection microscopy was used to determine the influence of electrolyte concentration on the bacterium-substratum separation distance between attached Pseudomonas fluorescens and glass. The addition of sodium chloride caused a decrease in separation distance, which again increased when electrolyte was replaced by water. Calcium chloride also caused a decrease in separation distance. However, with P. fluorescens strain H2S, a particularly adhesive strain, this effect was only partially reversible when calcium chloride was replaced by water.
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Fletcher, M. (1988). The Application of Interference Reflection Microscopy to the Study of Bacterial Adhesion to Solid Surfaces. In: Houghton, D.R., Smith, R.N., Eggins, H.O.W. (eds) Biodeterioration 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1363-9_4
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