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. 2004 Apr;48(4):1151–1158. doi: 10.1128/AAC.48.4.1151-1158.2004

TABLE 3.

β-Lactamase activities of E. coli strains

Strain Relative β-lactamase activity (U/mg of protein)a
Noninduced Inducedb
KU6400 7.7 7.9
ML4947(pKU601) 10.9 11.1
ML4953(pKU601) 14.4 16.3
ML4947(pKU611) 1.4 1.7
ML4947(pKU612) 0.2 NDc
a

β-Lactamase activities are the geometric mean determinations for three independent cultures. The standard deviations were within 10%.

b

Cefoxitin (10 μg/ml); was used as the inducer.

c

ND, not done.