Table 3.
Adhesion of Lactobacillus strains to Hep-2 cells and Caco-2 [29] and co-aggregation rates obtained with three different strains of Candida [31].
| Strains | Adhesion on Hep-2 (n Bacteria/Cell) |
Adhesion on Caco-2 (n Bacteria/Cell) |
Candida albicans * | Candida krusei * | Candida tropicalis * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG 2 L. crispatus | 37 ± 12 | 43 ± 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| EB 1 L. crispatus | 50 ± 15 | 50 ± 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| EB 3 L. crispatus | 33 ± 13 | 38 ± 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| EB 4 L. crispatus | 39 ± 8 | 41 ± 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| CC 1 L. crispatus | 31 ± 10 | 35 ± 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| CC 4 L. crispatus | 49 ± 6 | 49 ± 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| BA 3 L. gasseri | 24 ± 5 | 31 ± 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| MS 1 L. gasseri | 24 ± 13 | 37 ± 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| SG 1 L. gasseri | 25 ± 9 | 29 ± 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| SG 3 L. gasseri | 30 ± 11 | 43 ± 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| RB1 L. delbrueckii | 30 ± 3 | 45 ± 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| AD3 L. rhamnosus | 82 ± 12 | 108 ± 20 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| GG L. rhamnosus | 45 ± 15 | 50 ± 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
* co-aggregation rates: No aggregation (0); small aggregates (1); aggregates with larger numbers of bacteria (2); macroscopically visible clumps with larger groups of bacteria (3) and macroscopically visible clumps (4).