3. Factors influencing adhesion
The factors influencing bacterial adhesion can be divided into three
main categories: bacterial self, material, and environmental. Bacterial
self factors include extracellular appendages and extracellular
polymers; material characteristics include roughness, hydrophobicity,
and charge; and environmental factors include flow rate, pH, and
temperature. By analyzing the factors influencing bacterial adhesion to
material surfaces, adequate protective measures can inhibit microbial
adhesion or growth and reproduction by reducing the formation of harmful
biofilms.