TABLE 2.
Adhesion of Aspergillus species to fibronectina
| Species and strain | No. of conidia bound per field (magnification, ×1000) |
|---|---|
| A. fumigatus ATCC 13073 | 273 ± 52 |
| A. fumigatus ATCC 42202 | 263 ± 52 |
| A. fumigatus CHUV | 151 ± 52 |
| A. flavus HI no. 1 | 30 ± 52b |
| A. flavus ATCC 11495 | 4 ± 52b |
| A. flavus ATCC 64841 | 30 ± 52b |
| A. wentii ATCC 10584 | 13 ± 52b |
| A. wentii ATCC 1023 | 91 ± 52 |
| A. ornatus ATCC 16921 | 3 ± 52b |
| A. ornatus ATCC 66492 | 4 ± 52b |
a
Chamber slides were coated with fibronectin at the indicated concentrations. Conidia were allowed to adhere, and then unbound conidia were washed off with PBS-Tween. Bound conidia were counted as described in Materials and Methods.
b
Statistically different from A. fumigatus strains (P < 0.05) as determined by Proc Mixed analysis of the difference as a randomized complete block design in SAS. The values are the least-squares means (background subtracted) ± 2 standard errors of triplicate wells of three independent experiments performed on separate days.