Two novel β-lactams, one monocyclic, the other bicyclic, and a dioxygenase enzyme which converts the former to the latter, have been isolated from the mycelium of the clavulanic acid producing organism Streptomyces clavuligerus ATCC 27064.
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Elson et al. (1987) studied this question.