Sfh-1, a subclass B2 metallo-beta-lactamase from a Serratia fonticola environmental isolate

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2003

Authors

Saavedra, MJ (Author) Other; Peixe, L (Author) FFUP; Sousa, JC (Author) Other; Henriques, I (Author) Other; Alves, A (Author) Other; Correia, A (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Vol. 47

Pages: 2330-2333

ISSN: 0066-4804

Publisher: American Society for Microbiology

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Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Basic medicine

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-000-G0A

DOI: 10.1128/aac.47.7.2330-2333.2003

Abstract (EN): An environmental isolate of Serratia fonticola resistant to carbapenems was shown to contain a genetic determinant encoding a metallo-beta-lactamase of the subclass B2. The Sfh-I enzyme exhibits some divergence from the previously characterized enzymes of this subclass. This is the first example of a naturally occurring metallo-beta-lactamase in Enterobacteriaceae.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4