Characterization of a highly efficient antibiotic-degrading metallo-β-lactamase obtained from an uncultured member of a permafrost community

• Published in: Metallomics
• Main Authors: Pedroso, Marcelo Monteiro, Selleck, Christopher, Enculescu, Charmaine, Harmer, Jeffrey R., Mitić, Nataša, Craig, Whitney R., Helweh, Waleed, Hugenholtz, Philip, Tyson, Gene W., Tierney, David L., Larrabee, James A., Schenk, Gerhard
• Other Authors: National Health and Medical Research Council
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2017
• Subjects: permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7mt00195a; http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2017/MT/C7MT00195A

Microorganisms in the permafrost contain a potent mechanism to inactivate antibiotics.