title: Aggregation of Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria with Escherichia coli O157.
abstract: A total of 5 Bifidobacterium spp. isolated from pig and children' feces and 6 Lactobacillus spp. from chicken feces were examined for expression of aggregation, cell surface hydrophobicity (CSH) and adherence to intestinal mucin. Co-aggregation activity was seen in 3 strains of auto-aggregative bifidobacteria and 4 auto-aggregative strains of Lactobacillus spp. with 2 enterohemorrhagic E. coli (O157). CSH correlated with Lactobacillus auto-aggregating activity and adherence to mucin but the correlation between Bifidobacterium adherence to mucin and CSH was not confirmed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Animal Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia. dbujnak@saske.sk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bujnáková
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vlková
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rada
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kmet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001644:Bifidobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000502:physiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D009077:Mucins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D009077:Mucins