New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1

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From New Delhi +‎ metallo-beta-lactamase +‎ 1. From where it was discovered, New Delhi, that it is a metallo-beta-lactamase, and that it is the first.

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New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (uncountable)

  1. An enzyme conferring resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics.
  2. A gene that codes for the enzyme.

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