Inhibition of Klebsiella pneumoniae Growth and Capsular Polysaccharide Biosynthesis by Fructus mume

Table 1

Bacteria strains and primer used in this study.

(a)  

Strains	Descriptions	Reference or source
K. pneumoniae
NTUH-K2044	K1 serotype	From Dr. Jin-Town Wang
CG43S3	K2 serotype	From Dr. Hwei-Ling Peng

(b)  

Primer	Sequence (5′→3′)	TaqMan probes	Target
RT03	CGTCATCCAGACCAAAGAGC	83	orf1 in K1 cps gene cluster
RT04	CCGGTTTTTCAATAAACTCGAC		orf1 ′ in K2 cps gene cluster
RT134	TACCGGGACAGAGAATGAGC	78	orf3 in K1 cps gene cluster
RT135	TAACTGGCCAACCCAAGGT
RT136	CGTTTTATGGTAATGTTCTCCTCA	26	orf7 in K1 cps gene cluster
RT137	TCTGCCCATAACCTCGAAAG
RT05	CGATGACCGGCTTTTTAATG	83	orf3 ′ in K2 cps gene cluster
RT06	CTAGCGGAGATTTGGTACTGC
RT07	CAGTCCACCTTTATTCCGATTG	67	orf16 ′ in K2 cps gene cluster
RT08	AGGTACGACCCCGACTGG