Figure 7. Inhibition of L. reuteri JCM1081 binding to PGM using anti-EF-Tu antibodies.

Bacteria were pre-incubated with dilutions of anti-EF-Tu antibodies or pre-bleed serum prior to adhesion to the PGM. Adhesion assays were performed as described in the Materials and Methods. Asterisks indicate significant differences in binding (*p<0.05, **p<0.01) compared to antibody-free samples, as analyzed by one-way ANOVA with post hoc Dunnet test (n = 4).