β-lactam antimicrobial agent degradation by reactive sulfur species and formation mechanism of carbothioic acid (IMAGE)

Kumamoto University

β-lactam antimicrobial agent degradation by reactive sulfur species and formation mechanism of carbothioic acid

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β-lactam antimicrobial agents inside the bacteria are degraded to carbothioic acid and then discharged.

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Professor Tomohiro Sawa

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Graphical summary of <a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acschembio.1c00027">Ono, K. et.al. 2021</a>. Further permissions related to the reuse of this image should be directed to the ACS.

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