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cephalosporinase

cephalosporinase noun: any enzyme that hydrolyses (the lactam ring of a ) cephalosporin.

Noun

cephalosporinase (plural cephalosporinases)

  1. Any enzyme that hydrolyses (the lactam ring of a ) cephalosporin
    • Resistance to β-lactams is mainly due to enzymatic degradation by a chromosomal cephalosporinase, plasmid-mediated broad spectrum β-lactamases, and recently acquired carbapenemases [4, 6, 7, 9 –14 ].2015 September 24, “In Vivo Evolution of Bacterial Resistance in Two Cases of Enterobacter aerogenes Infections during Treatment with Imipenem”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of cephalosporinase

pluralcephalosporinases

Origin of cephalosporinase

From cephalosporin + -ase.

Questions about cephalosporinase

What does cephalosporinase mean?
Cephalosporinase means any enzyme that hydrolyses (the lactam ring of a ) cephalosporin.
What part of speech is cephalosporinase?
Cephalosporinase is a noun.
What is the plural of cephalosporinase?
The plural of cephalosporinase is cephalosporinases.

Words near cephalosporinase in the dictionary

  1. cephalosporanates
  2. cephalosporanic
  3. cephalosporanic acid
  4. cephalosporidine
  5. cephalosporin
  6. cephalosporinase
  7. cephalosporinases
  8. cephalosporine
  9. cephalosporines
  10. cephalosporins
  11. cephalostat

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