β-Lactamases are absent from archaea (archaebacteria)

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 269-272

  Martin, Hans H ^a   König, Helmut ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CHONDROITIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; NITROCEFIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYMER;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029952232     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1996.2.269     Document Type: Article

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