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

Table 2

Quantification of CPS amount of K. pneumoniae strains cocultured with Fructus mume extract.

Fructus mume (mg/mL)	CPS amount^a (% relative to the control group)
	NTUH-K2044	CG43S3
0	27.33±3.45 (100)	17.61±1.53 (100)
5	15.46±2.18 (56.6)	13.15±1.0 (74.7)
10	11.42±1.69 (41.8)	10.86±1.05 (61.7)
20	ND^b	ND^b

aglucuronic acid content (𝜇g/10⁹ cfu).
^bND: not determined.