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Abstract

Bioluminescence ATP analysis has been used to assess bacterial adhesion with hydrophobic polystyrene tubes as the attachment surface. The assay was performed at 37 °C and pH 6.8 with a 10 min incubation period. A variation of more than 200-fold was observed in the adherence capacity of 34 urinary isolates of and organisms could be classified as strongly or weakly adherent. All strains capable of strong adhesion possessed both type 1 fimbriae and flagella, and maximum adhesion was expressed during the exponential growth phase. Attachment was in all cases virtually eliminated by addition of 2.5% (w/v) -mannose to the incubation buffer. Conversely, strains which were deficient in type 1 fimbriae or flagella, or both, were weakly adherent during all phases of growth. There was no correlation between adherence of to polystyrene and adherence to buccal or uroepithelial cells, but there was a significant association with adherence to uromucoid ( < 0.002).

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