Carbapenemases of Chryseobacterium (Flavobacterium) meningosepticum: Distribution of blaB and characterization of a novel metallo-β-lactamase gene, blaB3, in the type strain, NCTC 10016

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1448-1452

  Woodford, Neil ^a   Palepou, Marie France I ^a   Babini, Gioia S ^a   Holmes, Barry ^a   Livermore, David M ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; METALLOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0034128891     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.6.1448-1452.2000     Document Type: Article

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