Identification of a novel β-lactamase produced by Xanthomonas campestris, a phytopathogenic bacterium

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1792-1797

  Weng, Shu Fen ^a   Chen, Chun Yi ^a   Lee, Yeong Sheng ^a   Lin, Juey Wen ^a   Tseng, Yi Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALORIDINE; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0032807459     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.7.1792     Document Type: Article

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