Fig. 3.
Differential profiling of 4 Lactobacillus casei strains. Bacterial cells (4 × 109 cells/well) were subjected to glycan profiling by lectin microarray. Data were analyzed as described in Materials and Methods. Each strain shows a strain-specific lectin-binding affinity. Red boxes indicate the signals bound to Rha-binding lectin (CSL). Though YIT 0005, YIT 0006, and YIT 0180T cells bound to a variety of lectins, YIT 9029 cells bound to CSL only. Data are the averages ± standard deviations of triplicate determinations.