A search for beta-lactamase in chlamydiae, mycoplasmas, planctomycetes, and cyanelles: bacteria and bacterial descendants at different phylogenetic positions and stages of cell wall development.
Bacteria from different phylogenetic positions such as chlamydiae, mycoplasmas, planctomycetes and also endosymbiotic murein-containing cyanelles were investigated for the production of beta-lactamases. No beta-lactamase activity was found in bacteria lacking murein such as Chlamydia pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Pirellula marina and Planctomyces maris. In the murein-containing cyanelles of Cyanophora paradoxa no beta-lactamase activity could be detected.
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Institut für Mikrobiologie und Weinforschung, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany. hclaus@mail.uni-mainz.de
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D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism*; D016993:Chlamydophila pneumoniae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010802:Phylogeny; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000378:metabolism*
D010457:Peptidoglycan; D001618:beta-Lactamases