title: Resected human colonic tissue: new model for characterizing adhesion of lactic acid bacteria.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland. arthur.ouwehand@utu.fi
authors.forename: Arthur C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ouwehand
authors.forename: Seppo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salminen
authors.forename: Satu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tölkkö
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Jari
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ovaska
authors.forename: Eeva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salminen
mesh_terms: D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001644:Bifidobacterium / Q000502:physiology*; D003106:Colon / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000502:physiology*