Table 1.

Identified proteins by LC-MS/MS analysis from the digestion of putative adhesin bands. Proteins are ranked according to their probability score.

Gel digestion	Protein hits	Species	Mw	Score/peptides/coverage
133 kDa band*	1- alpha Enolase	S. gordonii	47,103	727/15/37%
	2- DNA-directed RNA polymerase, beta' subunit	Streptococcus	134,965	560/13/13%
84 kDa band*	1- translation elongation factor G, EF-G	Streptococcus	76,620	1251/47/53%
	2- SecA	S. gordonii	95,193	229/7/10%
78 kDa band*	1-Oligopeptide-binding lipoprotein	S. gordonii	76,015	438/12/18%
	2- Heat shock protein, chaperonin	S. termophilus	64,738	197/4/6%
62 kDa band*	1-Translation elongation factor Tu, EF-Tu	Streptococcus	43,943	1135/57/55%
	2- Pyruvate kinase	Streptococcus	54,777	467/9/24%

* Molecular masses of the putative adhesin bands were calculated in Bio-rad model GS-700 imaging densitometer and it's PC compatible software.