Table 6.
Pearson correlation matrix of the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC), with the total anthocyanin content (TAC) of the four varieties of blueberries and the antioxidant capacity, as assessed by the ORAC.
| Type of strain | UTI Strains | ATCC Standard Strains | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gram staining of the strains | Gram-negative | Gram-positive | Gram-negative | Gram-positive | |||||
| Strains | Klebsiella pneumoniae ssp. pneumoniae | Providencia stuartii |
Escherichia coli β-Haemolytic |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Micrococcus spp. |
Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 |
Salmonella Enteritidis ATCC 13076 | Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19114 | |
| Sample | |||||||||
| TAC | 0.69 | −0.24 | −0.81 | −0.08 | 0.86 | 0.69 | 0.96 | −0.22 | |
| ORAC | 0.13 | −0.04 | −0.25 | 0.18 | 0.39 | 0.70 | 0.56 | 0.15 | |
Values in bold are different to 0 with a significance level of α = 0.05.