Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2008, p. 904-906, Vol. 74, No. 3
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/AEM.00788-07
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Identification of β-Lactamase in Antibiotic-Resistant Bacillus cereus Spores
Catherine Fenselau,1*
Crystal Havey,1
Nuttinee Teerakulkittipong,1
Stephen Swatkoski,1
Olli Laine,1 and
Nathan Edwards2
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,1
Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 207422
Received 9 April 2007/
Accepted 26 November 2007
β-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.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. Phone: (301) 405-8616. Fax: (301) 405-8615. E-mail: fenselau{at}umd.edu
Published ahead of print on 7 December 2007.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2008, p. 904-906, Vol. 74, No. 3
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/AEM.00788-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2008 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.