Attachment of Salmonella typhimurium and Listeria monocytogenes to glass as affected by surface film thickness, cell density, and bacterial motility

Abstract

With equal cell densities, surface film thickness did not influence the numbers of Salmonella typhimurium and Listeria monocytogenes cells which attached to glass. Motile L. monocytogenes cells had a greater cell surface charge and generally attached in higher numbers than non-motile cells. © 1991 Society for Industrial Microbiology.