Consensus on B-lactamases (AAC ed.)
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English - April 05, 2022 13:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MB - ★★★★ - 10 ratingsLife Sciences Science Health & Fitness Medicine asm for fox interviews jeff magazine microbe microbiology news science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This episode is dedicated to the memory of the late George A. Jacoby, who was a pillar in the B-lactamase research community and a leader in the field of antimicrobial resistance.
Assigning names to b-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 b-lactamase genes. In November 2021 an international group of b-lactamase experts met virtually to develop a consensus for the way naturally-occurring b-lactamase genes should be named.
Consensus on β-Lactamase Nomenclature https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aac.00333-22
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