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The Pressurized Porous Surface Model: an improved tool to study bacterial behavior under a wide range of
Gamze Gülez1, Arnaud Dechesne, Barth F Smets
1Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Miljøvej, Building 113, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Journal of Microbiological Methods
|July 6, 2010
Abstract:
To study bacterial behavior under varying hydration conditions similar to surface soil, we have developed a system called the Pressurized Porous Surface Model (PPSM). Thin liquid films created by imposing a matric potential of -0.4 MPa impact gene expression and colony development in Pseudomonas putida.

