Identification of β-Lactamase in Antibiotic-Resistant <i>Bacillus cereus</i> Spores

Catherine Fenselau, Crystal D. Havey, Nuttinee Teerakulkittipong, Stephen Swatkoski, Olli Laine, Nathan Edwards

Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2007 · 33 citations · 18 references

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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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