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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 2002, p. 2791-2796, Vol. 46, No. 9
0066-4804/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.9.2791-2796.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of CGB-1, an Ambler Class B Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing ß-Lactamase from Chryseobacterium gleum

Samuel Bellais, Thierry Naas, and Patrice Nordmann*

Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Assistance Publique/Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cédex, France

Received 5 November 2001/ Returned for modification 9 February 2002/ Accepted 21 May 2002

Chryseobacterium gleum (previously included in the Flavobacterium IIb species) is a gram-negative aerobe that is a source of nosocomial infections. An Ambler class B ß-lactamase gene was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli from reference strain C. gleum CIP 103039 that had reduced susceptibility to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins and carbapenems. The purified ß-lactamase, CGB-1, with a pI value of 8.6 and a determined relative molecular mass of ca. 26 kDa, hydrolyzed penicillins; narrow- and expanded-spectrum cephalosporins; and carbapenems. CGB-1 was a novel member of the molecular subclass B1 of metallo-enzymes. It had 83 and 42% amino acid identity with IND-1 from Chryseobacterium indologenes and BlaB from C. meningosepticum, respectively. Thus, in addition to the previously characterized clavulanic acid-inhibited extended-spectrum ß-lactamase CGA-1 of Ambler class A, C. gleum produces a very likely chromosome-borne class B ß-lactamase.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cédex, France. Phone: 33-1-45-21-36-32. Fax: 33-1-45-21-63-40. Email: nordmann.patrice{at}bct.ap-hop-paris.fr.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 2002, p. 2791-2796, Vol. 46, No. 9
0066-4804/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.9.2791-2796.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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