Adherence Phenotypes (%) Cell Culture LDA LAA LLA Total (%) Hep-2 9 4 0 13 (37) HeLa 7 3 0 10 (29) HT-29 8 5 1 14 (40) Caco-2 10 12 0 22 (63) Non-adherent - - - 4(11)

Table 2: Adherence phenotypes of Streptococcus sp. on different cultured cell lines. LDA=Like Diffuse Adherence, LAA=Like Aggregative Adherence, LLA=Like Localized Adherence.