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A β-lactamase produced by a thermophilicBacillus

Fouzia Rhazi-Filali, Abdelhamid Zaîd, Philippe Ledent, Marc Vanhove, Jozef Van Beeumen, Jean-Marie Frère

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A β-lactamase was purified from a thermophilic Bacillus strain, that had been isolated from a traditional hot bath in the Meknes area (Morocco). The properties of the enzyme were very similar to those of the β-lactamase produced by Bacillus licheniformis 749C but it exhibited a somewhat increased thermostability and a higher activation energy with cefazolin as substrate. These properties were expected for an enzyme produced by a thermophilic strain.

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A β-lactamase was purified from a thermophilic Bacillus strain, that had been isolated from a traditional hot bath in the Meknes area (Morocco). The properties of the enzyme were very similar to those of the β-lactamase produced by Bacillus licheniformis 749C but it exhibited a somewhat increased thermostability and a higher activation energy with cefazolin as substrate. These properties were expected for an enzyme produced by a thermophilic strain.

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A β-lactamase was purified from a thermophilic Bacillus strain, that had been isolated from a traditional hot bath in the Meknes area (Morocco). The properties of the enzyme were very similar to those of the β-lactamase produced by Bacillus licheniformis 749C but it exhibited a somewhat increased thermostability and a higher activation energy with cefazolin as substrate. These properties were expected for an enzyme produced by a thermophilic strain.

Key concepts: Thermophile, Bacillus licheniformis, Thermostability, Strain (injury), Bacillus (shape), Enzyme, Bacillaceae, Bacillales

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