Identification of beta-lactamase in antibiotic-resistant Bacillus cereus spores.

Authors :: Fenselau C
Havey C
Teerakulkittipong N
Swatkoski S
Laine O
Edwards N
Source :: Applied and environmental microbiology [Appl Environ Microbiol] 2008 Feb; Vol. 74 (3), pp. 904-6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Dec 07.
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: Beta-lactamase type I is reported for the first time to occur in the sporulated form in a penicillin-resistant Bacillus species. The enzyme was readily characterized from the B. cereus 5/B line (ATCC 13061) by mass spectrometry and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis.

Subjects :: Amino Acid Sequence
Bacillus cereus drug effects
Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
Mass Spectrometry
Molecular Sequence Data
Protein Precursors chemistry
Protein Precursors metabolism
Spores, Bacterial drug effects
beta-Lactamases chemistry
beta-Lactamases genetics
beta-Lactamases metabolism
Bacillus cereus enzymology
Bacillus cereus physiology
Penicillin Resistance
Penicillinase chemistry
Penicillinase genetics
Penicillinase metabolism
Spores, Bacterial enzymology

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