TABLE 5.

Maximum number of adhered bacterial cells to human cells and dissociation constant for various strains^a

Specimen and strain	ex (cells/well)	kx (cells/well)
Intestinal mucus
L. casei Shirota (low concn)	5 × 104	6.10 × 106
L. casei Shirota (high concn)	2 × 105	9.47 × 107
L. rhamnosus GG	2 × 107	8.28 × 1010
E. coli TG1	1.4 × 106	2.26 × 108
Iliostomy glycoprotein
L. casei Shirota (low concn)	1.96 × 105	2.24 × 106
L. casei Shirota (high concn)	1 × 106	1.14 × 108
L. rhamnosus GG	2 × 107	6.13 × 108
E. coli TG1	5 × 106	1.85 × 108

^aWells used were microtiter plate wells (0.01 cm²). The values were calculated from equation 2 based on the data presented in Fig. 5 to 9.