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In Vitro Assay of Bacterial Adhesion onto Mammalian Epithelial Cells
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Immunology and Infection
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JoVE Journal Immunology and Infection
In Vitro Assay of Bacterial Adhesion onto Mammalian Epithelial Cells
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05:57 min

May 16, 2011

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 00:58Prepare Bacterial Strains and Epithelial Cells
  • 02:34Infection of Cells
  • 04:15Representative cfu Counting Results
  • 05:35Conclusion

Summary

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This protocol is a simple bacterial adhesion assay consisting in counting the numbers of bacterial colony forming units that are adhered onto cultured cells. The assay is robust, independent of the adhesin studied, and numerous variations are used in most laboratories working on bacterial pathogenesis.

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