beta-lactamase
beta-lactamase · beta-lactamases
An enzyme produced by certain bacteria, responsible for their resistance to…An enzyme produced by certain bacteria, responsible for their resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics such as penicillin.
Meaning
1 sensesAn enzyme produced by certain bacteria, responsible for their resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics such as penicillin.
enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic
Translations
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plural: beta-lactamasesSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic:penicillinase
Word family
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