TABLE 4.

Results of the exclusion study in which Lactobacillus cells were allowed to adhere to Caco-2 cells before E. coli was added^a

Strain	Total no. of cells counted			Observed eE ± SD	Observed eL ± SD	Observed eE + eL	Observed eE/eL
	Adhered Lactobacillus	Adhered E. coli	Caco-2
L. rhamnosus GG	484	1,246	776	160.56 ± 14.14	62.36 ± 11.10	222.92	2.57
L. casei Shirota	458	1,038	849	122.26 ± 15.66	53.95 ± 2.82	176.21	2.27

^ae_E and e_L, number of E. coli and Lactobacillus cells adhered to 100 Caco-2 cells, respectively.