Adhesion of Human Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus to Cervical and Vaginal Cells and Interaction with Vaginosis-Associated Pathogens

Figure 1

Adherence of L. rhamnosus Lcr35 to vaginal, ecto- and endocervical cells. Epithelial cells were incubated with three different bacterial inocula and incubated for 1 hour. The number of viable Lcr35 adhering to the cell monolayer surface was determined by plating onto appropriate media. The data are averages of three independent experiments performed in triplicate. Error bars indicate standard deviations.