Plasticizers Increase Adhesion of the Deteriogenic Fungus
The deteriogenic fungus Aureobasidium pullulans was used to investigate the physicochemical nature of adhesion to both unplasticized PVC (uPVC) and pPVC containing the plasticizers dioctyl phthalate (DOP) and dIOctyl adipate (DOA), and Hydrophobic interactions were found to dominateAdhesion to uPVC. ABSTRACT Initial adhesion of fungi to plasticized polyvinyl chloride (pPVC) may determine
Plasticizers increase adhesion of the deteriogenic fungus
That plasticizers enhance adhesion to PVC was confirmed by incorporating a dispersion of both DOA and DOP into the blastospore suspension. Adhesion to uPVC was increased by up to 308% in the presence of the dispersed plasticizers.
Plasticizers Increase Adhesion of the Deteriogenic Fungus
Adhesion to pPVC was greater than that to uPVC by a maximum of 280% after a 4-h incubation with 10 8 blastospores ml 1. That plasticizers enhance adhesion to PVC was confirmed by incorporating a dispersion of both DOA and DOP into the blastospore suspension.
Plasticizers Increase Adhesion of the Deteriogenic Fungus
The deteriogenic fungus Aureobasidium pullulans was used to investigate the physicochemical nature of adhesion to both unplasticized PVC (uPVC) and pPVC containing the plasticizers dioctyl
Plasticizers increase adhesion of the deteriogenic fungus
Abstract. Initial adhesion of fungi to plasticized polyvinyl chloride (pPVC) may determine subsequent colonization and biodeterioration processes. The deteriogenic fungus Aureobas
