Table 2.

Binding of bacteria to mucin MUC5b.

Bacteria	Adherence to mucin MUC5b concentration (%)
	1 (%)	5 (%)
M. avium 104	0	0
M. avium 3388	0	0
E. coli	59.0 ± 0.9∗	67.1 ± 1.6∗
P. aeruginosa	92.4 ± 0.3∗	93.8 ± 0.4∗
L. monocytogenes	94.3 ± 0.3∗	95.1 ± 0.3∗
S. aureus	0	0

Bacteria were prepared as described in Section 2. Agar mucin and agar control were used. The numbers represent the subtraction of adherence from the background (agar alone). The adherence of E. coli, L. monocytogenes, and P. aeruginosa was significant when compared to that of M. avium and S. aureus (p < 0.05).