title: Adherence of Enterobacteriaceae to human buccal cells.
abstract: A preliminary examination has been made of the adherencae isolated from sputa. The radioadherence method was found to correlate well with the conventional light-microscope adherence technique. Saturation of buccal-cell binding sites with bacteria occurred when less than 10% of the buccal-cell surface was occupied. The adherence of Enterobacter aerogenes to buccal cells was impaired by the prior adherence of bacilli of either the same strain, or of a strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae.
mesh_terms: D000268:Adhesiveness; D002610:Cheek; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000502:physiology*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology