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Identification of β-Lactamase in Antibiotic-Resistant Bacillus cereus Spores
Author(s) -
Catherine Fenselau,
Crystal D. Havey,
Nuttinee Teerakulkittipong,
Stephen Swatkoski,
Olli Laine,
Nathan Edwards
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.00788-07
Subject(s) - bacillus cereus , microbiology and biotechnology , penicillin , cereus , bacillaceae , biology , antibiotics , bacillus (shape) , spore , bacteria , bacillales , bacillus subtilis , genetics
Beta-lactamase type I is reported for the first time to occur in the sporulated form in a penicillin-resistant Bacillus species. The enzyme was readily characterized from the B. cereus 5/B line (ATCC 13061) by mass spectrometry and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis.

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