%0 Journal Article %A Eley, A. %A Greenwood, D. %T Beta-lactamases of type culture strains of the Bacteroides fragilis group and of strains that hydrolyse cefoxitin, latamoxef and imipenem %D 1986 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 21 %N 1 %P 49-57 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-21-1-49 %I Microbiology Society, %X Summary Susceptibilities to β-lactam antibiotics and β-lactamase content of two groups of Bacteroides strains were compared. Type cultures produced low levels of β-lactamase and were susceptible to cefoxitin, latamoxef, imipenem and the combination of benzylpenicillin and clavulanic acid. Other Bacteroides strains that produced higher levels of β-lactamase were generally less susceptible to these antibiotics; this resistance was more closely related to enzyme type than to the amount of enzyme present. The β-lactamases produced by the test strains fell into three broad groups on the basis of antibiotic degradation and inhibitor profiles: (i) those that inactivated benzylpenicillin, but not cefoxitin, latamoxef or imipenem, and were susceptible to inhibition by β-lactamase inhibitors; (ii) those that hydrolysed benzylpenicillin, cefoxitin and latamoxef, but not imipenem, and which were less susceptible to inhibition by β-lactamase inhibitors; (iii) an enzyme that inactivated all the antibiotics and was not inhibited by β-lactamase inhibitors. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-21-1-49