Bacteria from stock medium were inoculated on a TSYE agar
plate at 35 C for 24 h. Nine milliliters of sterile distilled water were
added to the culture and then scraped from the plate. The dense
bacterial suspension obtained was adjusted to have 109 CFU ml1
and used to perform the adhesion tests. To prepared mixed
cultures, 1 ml of each standardized individual cultures were pooled
in a sterile glass tube.