Abstract
Macromolecular components recovered from samples of ambient seawater and marine microbial culture media by immunoaffinity chromatography enhance the aggregation and adhesion (AAE) of the marine micro-algal cell Chlorella vulgaris to glass surfaces. Electrophoretic analyses indicated that the AAE materials recovered from samples of seawater and those recovered from microbial culture media had similar components. High-molecular-weight materials recovered from biofouled surfaces are immunologically related to the AAE materials produced by the bacterial strains found on these specific surfaces. The AAE materials recovered from four different microbial sources are immunologically similar, however, they interact with different sites on the algal cell surface. The AAE materials recovered from seawater, biofouled surfaces, and microbial culture media may play an important role in the initiation of biofouling on surfaces exposed to ambient seawater.
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