TABLE 1.

Initial deposition rates, j₀, and number of bacteria adhering after 2 h, n_{2 h}, to salivary conditioning films or BSA coatings for six oral bacterial strains^a

Bacterial strain	Protein coating	j0 (cm−2 s−1)	n2 h (106 cm−2)
A. naeslundii T14V-J1	Saliva	1,745	7.5
	BSA	380	4.2
S. mitis ATCC 9811	Saliva	867	5.6
	BSA	18	0.1
S. mutans NS	Saliva	881	4.1
	BSA	378	1.5
S. oralis J22	Saliva	1,045	7.0
	BSA	1,001	7.1
S. sanguinis ATCC 10556	Saliva	992	5.7
	BSA	110	2.6
S. sobrinus HG1025	Saliva	175	0.7
	BSA	41	0.2

^aAll experiments were done in triplicate in a parallel plate flow chamber with independent bacterial cultures, yielding a mean SD of 30% for both j₀, and n_{2 h}.