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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2002, p. 5155-5159, Vol. 68, No. 10
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.10.5155-5159.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

In Vitro Adhesion Specificity of Indigenous Lactobacilli within the Avian Intestinal Tract

Sanna Edelman,1 Benita Westerlund-Wikström,1 Susanna Leskelä,1 Hannele Kettunen,2 Nina Rautonen,2 Juha Apajalahti,2 and Timo K. Korhonen1*

Division of General Microbiology, Department of Biosciences, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki,1 Enteromix Research, Danisco Innovation, FIN-02460 Kantvik, Finland2

Received 23 January 2002/ Accepted 25 June 2002

In vitro adherence of Lactobacillus strains to cell and tissue types along the chicken alimentary tract and to ileal mucus were determined. Fresh isolates from chickens adhered to the epithelium of crop and, in a strain-dependent manner, to follicle-associated epithelium and the apical surfaces of mature enterocytes of intestinal villi. No adherence to the apical surfaces of undifferentiated enterocytes, the mucus-producing goblet cells, or the ileal mucus was detected.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of General Microbiology, Department of Biosciences, P.O. Box 56, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland. Phone: 358-9-19159260. Fax: 358-9-19159262. E-mail: timo.korhonen{at}helsinki.fi.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2002, p. 5155-5159, Vol. 68, No. 10
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.10.5155-5159.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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