Advances in the study of adhesion behavior between bacteria and
material interfaces
Zhihua Liu11Funding information: National Natural Science
Foundation of China (NSFC) funded projects(51978439);Tianjin
Transport Science and Technology Development Plan Project
Funding(2018-38);Tianjin Key R&D Program Science and Technology
Support Program Key Projects(20YFZCSN00520)
The first author: Zhihua Liu, Professor, Tianjin Chengjian University.
E-mail: sdwfliu@tcu.edu.com
Correspondence: De-E Liu, Lecturer, Tianjin Chengjian University.
E-mail: liudee@tcu.edu.cnHui Rong, Professor, Tianjin Chengjian University. E-mail:
huirongtcu@126.com22,2,Liqin
Gan1,De-E Liu1,2,Hui
Rong1,2,Yang Feng1,2
1. School of Materials Science and
Engineering, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin 300384;
2. Tianjin Urban Construction University Tianjin Key Laboratory of Green
Functional Materials for Buildings, Tianjin 300384
Abstract: In biomedical, industrial, and marine fields,
interactions between bacteria and material interfaces are of great
importance in biofilm formation, biofouling, the development of
antimicrobial surface technologies, and the changing patterns of
bacterial adhesion behavior on non-biological surfaces become a focus of
research by researchers. Bacteria move from planktonic to adhesive
behavior through near-interfacial sociological behavior, specificity
(specific bacterial appendages such as hairs, flagella, curls, etc. that
can bind to some chemicals on certain surfaces), non-specific
interactions (van der Waals forces, electrostatic interactions,
hydrophobic interactions or acid-base interactions) and surface
mechanical induction, a process that the bacteria themselves can
influence, the nature of the interfacial material and the environment. A
variety of methods have been developed to measure cell adhesion. The
continued development of atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques
provides a more advanced means of exploring bacterial-surface
interactions and the various physicochemical properties of bacterial
cells. Based on a large amount of literature research and tracking of
related technological research developments, this paper mainly
introduces the domestic and international research progress on the
adhesion behavior between bacteria and material interfaces in detail
from the aspects of adhesion mechanism, influencing factors, and testing
methods, to provide a solid theoretical basis for further advancing the
study of bacterial-interface adhesion and to get more scholars’
attention.
KEYWORDS: microorganisms; biofilm; adhesion mechanism;
influencing factors; atomic force microscopy