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Adhesion and bactericidal properties of nanostructured surfaces dependent on bacterial motility

Abstract

Different nanostructured surfaces have bactericidal properties that arise from the interaction between the bacteria and the nanostructured surface. In this study, we focused on the relationship between bacterial motility and bactericidal properties. The motility of Escherichia coli (E. coli) was tuned by genetic engineering, and four types of E. coli (wild type (WT), lacking flagella, and flagellated with deficient motility or deficient chemotaxis) were used to evaluate the adhesion and bactericidal properties of nanostructured surfaces. Cicada (Cryptotympana facialis) wings and Si nano-pillar array substrates were used as natural and artificial nanostructured surfaces, respectively. Differences in motility and chemotaxis strongly influenced the adhesion behavior and to some extent, the damage to the cell membrane. These results suggest that the bactericidal properties of nanostructured surfaces depend on bacterial motility.

Graphical abstract: Adhesion and bactericidal properties of nanostructured surfaces dependent on bacterial motility

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Oct 2019
Accepted
26 Jan 2020
First published
04 Feb 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2020,10, 5673-5680

Adhesion and bactericidal properties of nanostructured surfaces dependent on bacterial motility

K. Jindai, K. Nakade, K. Masuda, T. Sagawa, H. Kojima, T. Shimizu, S. Shingubara and T. Ito, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 5673 DOI: 10.1039/C9RA08282D

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