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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Oral Biol. 2007 Sep 27;53(2):141–149. doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2007.08.003

Table 5.

Concentrations (μg/ml) of adult SIgA in infant saliva bound to fractions of S. mitis and S. oralis.

Cell Fractions S. mitis strains
NCTC 12261 CBR 515
Cell Protein
Saliva 1 107.9 108.9
Saliva 2 100.6 102.1
Mean 104.3 105.5
Cell Wall
Saliva 1 146.3 146.7
Saliva 2 173.0 143.6
Mean 159.7 145.2
Protease-treated Wall
Saliva 1 103.1 102.5
Saliva 2 100.2 98.4
Mean 101.7 100.5
Cell membrane
Saliva 1 138.8 136.5
Saliva 2 119.3 128.1
Mean 129.1 132.3