Fig. 3

Relative adherence of the SLAP mutants to major extracellular matrices, Caco-2 epithelial cells, and mucin. The L. acidophilus NCK1909 parent strain was standardized to 100% (dotted line). The data represent means of independent biological replicates. Error bars are standard error of the means. Asterisks indicate statistical significance calculated using a Student’s t-test (*** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05)