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. 2012 Nov 16;3:384. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00384

Table 2.

β-lactamases and ESBLs families.

Amber class A β-lactamases and ESBLs Number of variants* Amber class B β-lactamases and MBLs Number of variants* Amber class C β-lactamases and ESBLs Number of variants* Amber class D β-lactamases and ESBLs Number of variants*
blaACI 1 blaB 13 blaACCa 5 ampH 1
blaAER 1 blaCGB 2 blaACTa 14 ampS 1
blaAST 1 blaDIM 1 blaADC 54 blaLCR 1
blaBEL 3 blaEBR 1 blaBIL 1 blaNPS 1
blaBES 1 blaGIM 1 blaBUT 2 blaOXAa 247
blaBIC 1 blaGOB 18 blaCFEa 1 loxA 1
blaBPS 5 blaIMPa 37 blaCMG 1
blaCARB 14 blaINDa 7 blaCMYa 92
blaCIA 1 blaJOHN 1 blaDHAa 8
blaCGA 1 blaMUS 1 blaFOXa 10
blaCKO 5 blaNDM 6 blaLATa 1
blaCME 2 blaSIM 1 blaLENc 26
blaCTX-Ma 130 blaSPM 1 blaMIRa 5
blaDES 1 blaTUS 1 blaMOR 1
blaERP 1 blaVIMa 34 blaMOXa 8
blaFAR 1 cepA 7 blaOCH 7
blaFONA 6 cfiA 16 blaOKP-Ac 16
blaGESa,b 22 cphA 8 blaOKP-Bc 20
blaHERA 8 imiH 1 blaOXYc 23
blaIMI 3 imiS 1 blaTRU 1
blaKLUAd 12 blaZEG 1
blaKLUCd 2 cepH 1
blaKLUG 1
blaKLUY 4
blaKPCa 12
blaLUT 6
blaMAL 2
blaMOR 1
blaNMC-A 1
blaPERa 7
blaPME 1
blaPSE 4
blaRAHN 2
blaROB 1
blaSED 1
blaSFC 1
blaSFO 1
blaSHVa 166
blaSMEa 3
blaTEMa 201
blaTLA 1
blaTOHO 1
blaVEBa 7
blaZ 1
cdiA 1
cfxA 6
cumA 1
hugA 1
penA 1
*

Last update: June 8th 2012.

b

GES and IBC-type ESBLs have all been renamed as blaGES according to Weldhagen et al. (2006).

d

blaKLUA, blaKLUC, blaKLUG, and blaKLUY seem to be the chromosomal progenitors of acquired CTX-M group 2, 1, 8, and 9 genes, respectively (Saladin et al., 2002; Olson et al., 2005).