Open AccessConsensus on β-Lactamase Nomenclature
Author(s) -
Patricia A. Bradford,
Robert A. Bonomo,
Karen Bush,
Alessandra Carattoli,
Michael Feldgarden,
Daniel H. Haft,
Yoshikazu Ishii,
George A. Jacoby,
William Klimke,
Timothy Palzkill,
Laurent Poirel,
Gian María Rossolini,
Pranita D. Tamma,
César A. Arias
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.00333-22
Subject(s) - nomenclature , computational biology , biology , taxonomy (biology) , zoology
Assigning names to β-lactamase variants has been inconsistent and has led to confusion in the published literature. The common availability of whole genome sequencing has resulted in an exponential growth in the number of new β-lactamase genes.