Probiotic Potential of Lactobacillus Strains with Antimicrobial Activity against Some Human Pathogenic Strains

Table 5

Adherence of cells of Lactobacillus strains to Caco-2 cell.

Lactobacillus strain	Adherence index (Lactobacillus cells per Caco-2 cell)^1
L. casei Shirota*	19.7 ± 0.3^g
L. acidophilus HM1	33.5 ± 0.9^d
L. fermentum HM2	32.4 ± 0.4^e
L. fermentum HM3	37.7 ± 0.6^a
L. buchneri FG1	34.8 ± 0.5^c
L. buchneri FD1	30.3 ± 0.2^f
L. buchneri FD2	35.9 ± 0.7^b
L. casei BF1	13.7 ± 0.3^j
L. casei BF2	18.5 ± 0.3^h
L. casei BF3	15.8 ± 0.4^i

1Values are means ± SD of two independent experiments, each in triplicate.
Adherence was evaluated in 20 random microscopic fields.
a--jMeans with different superscripts are significantly different (𝑃<0.05).
*Reference strain.