Diversity of blaPOM in carbapenem-resistant opportunistic pathogenic Pseudomonas otitidis in municipal wastewater

• Main Authors: Doris Yoong Wen Di (Author), Guangxiang Cao (Author), Chuanqing Zhong (Author), Tao Yan (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: IWA Publishing, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) encoding carbapenem resistance in wastewater are a well-known serious threat to human health. Twelve Pseudomonas otitidis isolates obtained from a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Hawaii were found to possess a subclass B3 MBL - POM (P. otitidis MBL), with a...