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Choo, Choi, and Kim: Bacterial Adherence to Human Buccal Epitheliald Cells and Its Possible Role in Bacterial Colonization in Human Oral Cavity*
Original Article

Yonsei Medical Journal 1982; 23(1): 26-29.

Published online: 20 February 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.1982.23.1.26

Bacterial Adherence to Human Buccal Epitheliald Cells and Its Possible Role in Bacterial Colonization in Human Oral Cavity*

Sung Yoon Choo, In Hong Choi, Joo Deuk Kim

Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

Received 18 June 1982

Copyright © 1982 The Yonsei University College of Medicine

Abstract

The ability of several species of streptococcus and staphylococcus to adhere to human buccal epithelial cells was studied in vitro by using bacteria and epithelial cells isolated from human buccal cavity.
Viridans streptococci were found adhering in highest numbers(65±8 bacteria per epithelial cell) to epithelial cells. Streptococcus pyogenes adhered in great numbers (44±4), whereas Streptococcus pneumoniae (26±2), Staphylococcus aureus (21±2), Staphylococcus epidermidis (14±2) adhered poorly. These data showed that bacteria differed in their ability to adhere to human buccal epithelial cells. This difference in adhesive ability between bacterial species may correlate with the ability of the bacteria to colonize oral surface of human.

Keywords: Bacterial adherence, Colonization

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In Hong Choi
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