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Diversity and function of OXA-48-like β-lactamase variants in environmental Shewanella isolates from Stockholm, Sweden.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 17 Jun 2026
Fernández-Juárez Víctor, Petrovic Marija, Mihindukulasooriya I, Joffré Enrique, Sjöling Åsa, Martín-Rodríguez Alberto J
Abstract excerpt
The genus Shewanella is a recognized reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), including chromosomally encoded blaOXA alleles that have given rise to clinically relevant OXA-48-like β-lactamases in Enterobacterales. However, our understanding of these enzymes in environmental Shewanella populations remains limited. Here, we investigated their distribution, evolution, and function in Shewanella spp....
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