Resected human colonic tissue: new model for characterizing adhesion of lactic acid bacteria.
Adhesion to the intestinal mucosa is one of the main selection criteria for probiotic strains. The adhesion of commonly used probiotic strains to human intestinal tissue pieces and mucus was assessed. The strains tested adhered to the intestinal tissue at low levels and adhered to the intestinal mucus at higher levels.
Ouwehand
Arthur C
AC
Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland. arthur.ouwehand@utu.fi
Salminen
Seppo
S
Tölkkö
Satu
S
Roberts
Peter
P
Ovaska
Jari
J
Salminen
Eeva
E
D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001644:Bifidobacterium / Q000502:physiology*; D003106:Colon / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000502:physiology*