OXA-134, a naturally occurring carbapenem-hydrolyzing class D beta-lactamase from Acinetobacter lwoffii.

ABSTRACT: Acinetobacter lwoffii, a species whose natural habitat is the human skin, intrinsically possesses a chromosomal gene encoding a carbapenem-hydrolyzing class D β-lactamase, OXA-134. This species may therefore constitute a reservoir for carbapenemase genes that may spread among other Acinetobacter species.

SUBMITTER: Figueiredo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2981293 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature