Figure 1.

EHEC binding to mucus‐producing LS174T and mucus‐deficient HT‐29 and Caco‐2 cells. (a) Immunofluorescence staining for MUC2 (green) and cell nuclei (blue). Bar =10 μm. (b) Adherence of EHEC TUV 93–0, 85–170 and Sakai after 1 hr of infection. Adhesion was determined by counting colony‐forming units and is expressed as percentage of cell‐bound bacteria relative to the inoculum. ***p < 0.001 versus Caco‐2 and HT‐29 cells