Affiliation:
1. Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
Abstract
A novel beta-lactamase activity which confers resistance to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins and penicillins has been found in strain IC 5/21 of Capnocytophaga spp. Enzyme activity migrated at a molecular size of 38,000 daltons and at an isoelectric point of 3.6, with a minor band at 4.1. Kinetic studies suggested that it belonged to Richmond and Sykes beta-lactamase class 1c. Isoelectric focusing could be achieved only if a nonionic detergent was added to the gel, suggesting the presence of a hydrophobic enzyme akin to a membrane-bound beta-lactamase of gram-positive bacteria. The location of the gene coding for this beta-lactamase is not yet known.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology
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