Table 2.
Strain | Competitive adhesion | Exclusion adhesion | Displacement adhesion | |||
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E. coli ATCC25922 | Salmonella | E. coli ATCC25922 | Salmonella | E. coli ATCC25922 | Salmonella | |
typhimurium | typhimurium | typhimurium | ||||
ATCC 14028 | ATCC 14028 | ATCC 14028 | ||||
luxS mutant strain | 57.56 ± 3.49b | 55.61 ± 3.56 | 37.80 ± 1.83a | 65.16 ± 1.91 | 43.29 ± 3.17b | 64.48 ± 1.78b |
Wild-type strain | 65.24 ± 1.93 | 58.30 ± 2.33 | 49.70 ± 1.56 | 67.31 ± 1.50 | 48.72 ± 0.69 | 70.40 ± 1.32 |
Values have been expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3); a,bmean ± SD (%): ap < 0.01; bp < 0.05.