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. 2001 Aug;45(8):2386–2389. doi: 10.1128/AAC.45.8.2386-2389.2001

TABLE 3.

Comparison of kinetic parameters of partially purified CfxA and CfxA2 β-lactamases obtained from wild-type strains (CfxA, B. vulgatus CLA-341; CfxA2, B. vulgatus NI-2869)

Substrate Relative Vmaxa
Km (μM)
CfxA CfxA2 CfxA CfxA2
Benzylpenicillin 100 100 30.0 20.0
Ampicillin 35 130 40.0 40.0
Cefazolin 740 170 133.3 10.2
Cefotaxime 90 670 40.0 8.0
Cefoxitin <0.01 <0.01
a

Values relative to that of benzylpenicillin, which was set at 100.