Publisher Correction: Shared strategies for β-lactam catabolism in the soil microbiome.

In the version of the article originally published, the x axis of the graph in Fig. 4d was incorrectly labeled as "Retention time (min)". It should read "Reaction time (min)".

Shared strategies for β-lactam catabolism in the soil microbiome.

The soil microbiome can produce, resist, or degrade antibiotics and even catabolize them. While resistance genes are widely distributed in the soil, there is a dearth of knowledge concerning antibiotic catabolism. Here we describe a pathway for penicillin catabolism in four isolates.

Draft Genome Sequences of Three β-Lactam-Catabolizing Soil .

Most antibiotics are derived from the soil, but their catabolism there, which is necessary to close the antibiotic carbon cycle, remains uncharacterized. We report the first draft genome sequences of soil identified for subsisting solely on β-lactams as their carbon sources. The genomes encode multiple β-lactamases, although their antibiotic catabolic pathways remain enigmatic.