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. 2019 Feb 21;11(2):448. doi: 10.3390/nu11020448

Table 4.

Adherence quantification of L. plantarum ATCC 8014 to HeLa cells and to mucin in comparison with the control.

Assays 1 L. plantarum
ATCC 8014
L. fermentum
ATCC 23271
p Value 2
Cell adhesion 7.602 (±0.135) 7.349 (±0.053) 0.0037
Mucin binding 5.057 (±0.062) 5.370 (±0.031) <0.0001

1 Data are expressed as mean log10 CFU/mL (standard deviations) of triplicate experiments performed on three independent days. 2 Comparative analysis was performed by Student’s t-test (p < 0.05).