TABLE 1.

Maximum number of adhered bacterial cells on 100 Caco-2 cells and dissociation constant of the adhesion process for various strains^a

Strain	em (cells/100 Caco-2 cells)	kx (cells/ml)
L. casei Shirota	137.9	8.62 × 107
L. rhamnosus GG	1,612.9	2.08 × 108
E. coli TG1	500	4.76 × 108

^aThe values were calculated from equation 2 based on the data presented in Fig. 2 and 3.