TABLE 2.
Adhesion of bacteria to Caco-2 cells in mixed bacterial suspensiona
| L. rhamnosus added (cells/ml) | Total no. of cells counted
|
Observed eE ± SD | Observed eL ± SD | Observed eE + eL | Observed eE/eL | Predicted eE/eL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adhered L. rhamnosus | Adhered E. coli | Caco-2 | ||||||
| 1 × 108 | 3,289 | 420 | 995 | 42.21 ± 1.32 | 330.55 ± 45.40 | 372.76 | 0.128 | 0.166 |
| 2 × 108 | 3,801 | 281 | 954 | 29.45 ± 19.36 | 398.43 ± 46.64 | 427.88 | 0.074 | 0.071 |
| 3 × 108 | 3,443 | 130 | 981 | 13.25 ± 8.85 | 350.97 ± 19.08 | 364.22 | 0.038 | 0.041 |
a
eE and eL number of E. coli TG1 and L. rhamnosus cells adhered to 100 Caco-2 cells, respectively.