Lactam

not all antibiotics have the beta-lactam ring...

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Hi Is ampicillin dangerous or corrosive for plants? For example can I use it in growing medium for plants? Ampicillin is beta-lactam antibiotic, inhibiting bacterial transpetidase, which cross-links peptidoglican chains. If chains cannot be cross-linked, the whole structure of peptidoglycan ...

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Some species of Pseudomonas (e.g. Pseudomonas aeruginosa) can produce beta-lactamase. This is an enzyme which degrades the beta-Lactam ring, an essential structure found in most antibiotics. Some species of the organism are sensitive to some antibiotics. Hope this helps. You can read about ...

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... and other nosocomial settings. M morganii infections respond well to appropriate antibiotic therapy; however, its natural resistance to many beta-lactam antibiotics may lead to delays in proper treatment. The genus Morganella belongs to the tribe Proteeae of the family Enterobacteriaceae. The ...

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Just to add my 2 cents erythromycine belongs to the macrolide family, which has no cross resistance to the beta lactam family to which penicillin belongs. Erythromycine also stimulates non specific immunity and increase the number ofB and T lymphocyte. This is probably the reason ...

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