TABLE 3.
Adhesion of bacteria to Caco-2 cells in mixed bacterial suspensiona
| L. casei 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. casei | Adhered E. coli | Caco-2 | ||||||
| 1 × 108 | 1,084 | 147 | 1,183 | 12.4 ± 3.82 | 91.63 ± 10.68 | 104.03 | 0.135 | 1.169 |
| 2 × 108 | 736 | 68 | 1,071 | 6.35 ± 0.35 | 68.72 ± 7.07 | 75.07 | 0.092 | 1.536 |
| 3 × 108 | 581 | 36 | 783 | 4.60 ± 1.91 | 74.20 ± 5.41 | 78.8 | 0.062 | 1.806 |
a
eE and eL, number of E. coli TG1 and L. casei Shirota cells adhered to 100 Caco-2 cells, respectively.