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beta-lactamases

beta-lactamases is the plural of beta-lactamase.

Meaning of beta-lactamase

Noun

beta-lactamase (plural beta-lactamases)

  1. An enzyme produced by certain bacteria, responsible for their resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics such as penicillin.

Questions about beta-lactamases

What is beta-lactamases the plural of?
Beta-lactamases is the plural of beta-lactamase.

Words near beta-lactamases in the dictionary

  1. beta-glucans
  2. beta-glucosidase
  3. beta-hydroxyisovalerylshikonin
  4. beta-lactam
  5. beta-lactamase
  6. beta-lactamases
  7. beta-lactamic
  8. beta-lactams
  9. beta-lipoprotein
  10. beta-lipoproteins
  11. beta-methylacrylic acid

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