bacterial adhesion and adhesion to epithelial cells and mucous cells.

摘要

the present invention relates to a general processes for detection, identification and measurement of bacterial adhesion to the mucus and epithelial cells.in particular, the present invention relates to assays for detecting and identifying the presence or absence of a bacterial adherence to the mucosa, the epithelial cells (for example, present in the intestines, or other part of an animal where the bacteria may be present s.the invention also relates to methods for the identification and characterisation (for example, the effectiveness of modulators of bacterial adhesion to epithelial cells and the mucus or other part of the animal in which bacteria may be present.