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Appl Environ Microbiol
; 78(6): 2056-8, 2012 Mar.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22247146
RESUMO
Escherichia coli bacteria with extended-spectrum ß-lactamase (ESBL) type CTX-M resistance were isolated from water samples collected close to research stations in Antarctica. The isolates had bla(CTX-M-1) and bla(CTX-M-15) genotypes and sequence types (ST) indicative of a human-associated origin. This is the first record of ESBL-producing enterobacteria from Antarctica.