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A total of 5Bifidobacterium spp. isolated from pig and children’ feces and 6Lactobacillus 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 ofLactobacillus spp. with 2 enterohemorrhagicE. coli (O157). CSH correlated withLactobacillus auto-aggregating activity and adherence to mucin but the correlation betweenBifidobacterium adherence to mucin and CSH was not confirmed.
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This study was supported by VEGA grant 2/1003/23 of theSlovak Academy of Sciences.
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Bujñáková, D., Vlková, E., Rada, V. et al. Aggregation of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria withEscherichia coli O157. Folia Microbiol 49, 143–146 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02931389
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