Beta-lactamases are enzymes () produced by some bacteria and are responsible for their resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics like penicillins, cephamycins, and carbapenems ( ertapenem ) ( Carbapenems are relatively resistant to beta-lactamase ).

Ammo cans are considered the gold standard of containers because they are very sturdy, waterproof, animal and fire resistant, relatively cheap, and have plenty of room for trade items.

Although religious memes have proliferated in human cultures, the modern scientific community has been relatively resistant to religious belief.

Just as the shape of the Wankel combustion chamber is resistant to preignition and will run on lower-octane rating gasoline than a comparable piston engine, it also leads to relatively incomplete combustion of the air-fuel charge, with a larger amount of unburned hydrocarbons released into the exhaust.

Pigs are relatively resistant to botulism.

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Ten thousand years ago a band of relatively resistant Chalk rock, part of the Southern England Chalk Formation ran from the Isle of Purbeck area of south Dorset to the eastern end of Isle of Wight, parallel to the South Downs.

Also known as supercoca or la millionaria, Boliviana negra is a relatively new form of coca that is resistant to herbicide Roundup, or the isopropylamine salt of glyphosate.

It is resistant to corrosion, the case head can be drawn and work hardened to make useful cases for modern metallic cartridges working at relatively high pressure, and the neck and body portion are easily annealed to make the case ductile enough to allow reforming so that it can be reloaded many times.

Plastic heads are durable, weather resistant, and relatively inexpensive.

Part of the motivation for AMF is that despite the extra difficulty from a synthetic standpoint, the resultant drug is relatively more resistant to metabolic degradation.

Closed-class words, on the other hand, are always relatively few and resistant to change.

For instance, lignin is a component of wood, which is relatively resistant to decomposition and can in fact only be decomposed by certain fungi, such as the black-rot fungi.

It should be noted that unless a high quality source is used, such as secure groundwater, disinfection alone is unlikely to guarantee that drinking water is safe from protozoa such as Giardia and Cryptosporidium, which are relatively resistant to standard disinfectants and which require additional removal steps such as filtration.

While the West was relatively resistant to midriff-baring clothing until the 1980s, it has long been a fashion with Indian women.

The coir fibre is relatively waterproof, and is one of the few natural fibres resistant to damage by saltwater.

Although made of relatively cheap parts, the prototypes also proved to be considerably more rugged and resistant to jamming than the somewhat temperamental MG 34.

He is relatively egocentric, irrational, resistant to change, and temperamental, although open-minded enough to listen when told he is wrong.

The lamp will last longer and is more shock resistant than a regular incandescent bulb, since it lacks the relatively fragile electrical filament found in incandescent bulbs.

A relatively resistant chalk ridge ran continuously from the Purbeck Hills to the Isle of Wight, which the rivers could not break through.

The prion that causes the disease scrapie ( strain 263K ) is inactivated relatively quickly by such sterilization procedures ; however, other strains of scrapie, as well as strains of CJD and BSE are more resistant.

It is relatively resistant to radiation therapy and chemotherapy, although some cases respond to immunotherapy.

Cattle, water buffalo, and crocodiles are considered to be relatively resistant to melioidosis despite their constant exposure to mud.

The carriers were subject to heavy and repeated kamikaze attacks, but because of their armoured flight decks, the British aircraft carriers proved highly resistant, and returned to action relatively quickly.

Tunnel diodes are also relatively resistant to nuclear radiation, as compared to other diodes.

The later period Zulu soldier went into battle relatively simply dressed, painting his upper body and face with chalk and red ochre, despite the popular conception of elaborately panoplied warriors.

The South Downs is relatively unpopulated, although in Sussex there has been large-scale urban encroachment onto the chalk downland by major seaside resorts, including most notably Brighton and Hove.

Because of the shortage of surface water and the relatively poor soils – heavy clay and flint overlaying the permeable chalk – Frieth did not develop into a village until well into Victorian times.

The hard chalk cliffs at Bempton rise are relatively resistant to erosion and offer lots of sheltered headlands and crevices for nesting birds.

The effect of Rupert's actions, even after his forces disengaged, was to force another delay in the Parliamentarian retreat ; Essex spent much of 19 September looking after wounded soldiers and, when he finally managed to begin moving again, he was confronted with swampland and bog which further delayed him while the Royalists marched across the relatively open chalk downs above the Kennet.

Until the 1960s, the predominant forms of music played on the flat-top, steel-string guitar remained relatively stable and included acoustic blues, country, bluegrass, folk, and several genres of rock.

Initially, it was relatively unsuccessful, staying at the charts for only one week, but Haley soon scored a major worldwide hit with a cover version of Big Joe Turner's " Shake, Rattle and Roll ", which went on to sell a million copies and became the first ever rock ' n ' roll song to enter British singles charts in December 1954 and became a Gold Record.

Because of greater weathering of the volcanic rock, the soil is relatively rich in some areas.

More recently, the adjective " faunal " has been dropped as regional and global correlations of rock sequences have become relatively certain and there is less need for faunal labels to define the age of formations.

Granitic rock is widely distributed throughout the continental crust and is the most abundant basement rock that underlies the relatively thin sedimentary veneer of the continents.

Monazite is important in two ways: first, as a REE " sink ", it can be sufficiently concentrate these elements to become an ore ; secondly, monazite group elements can incorporate relatively large amounts of uranium and thorium, which can be used to date the rock based on the decay of the U and Th to lead.

Although the Pixies produced relatively few albums, whose sales were modest, they had a significant influence on the alternative rock boom of the 1990s.

Most punk rock songs are short, have simple and somewhat basic arrangements using relatively few chords, and they use lyrics that express punk values and ideologies ranging from the nihilism of the Sex Pistols ' " No Future " to the anti-vice message of Minor Threat's " Straight Edge ".

It was the realization that relatively affluent white teenagers were listening to this music that led to the development of what was to be defined as rock and roll as a distinct genre.

Syenite is a coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock of the same general composition as granite but with the quartz either absent or present in relatively small amounts (< 5 %).

Other soils may have an impervious layer of mineralized soil, called a hardpan or relatively impervious rock layers may underlie shallow soils.

This form of erosion causes convex and relatively thin sheets of rock to slough off the exposed surfaces of batholiths ( a process accelerated by frost wedging ).

Amplified string instruments can be much louder than their acoustic counterparts, which allows them to be used in relatively loud rock, blues, and jazz ensembles.

These thrust faults carry relatively thin slices of rock ( which are called nappes or thrust sheets, and differ from tectonic plates ) from the core of the shortening orogen out toward the margins, and are intimately associated with folds and the development of metamorphism.

It is deposited at a relatively low temperature and may occur in the fissures of almost any kind of rock, being most commonly found with limonite, sandstone, rhyolite, marl and basalt.

Most recharge water enters the rock formations from relatively high ground near the eastern edge of the basin ( in Queensland and New South Wales ) and very gradually flows towards the south and west.

Water may be discharged on the surface if it is relatively fresh, but, often, it is injected into rock at a depth where the quality of the injected water is less than that of the host rock.

The rock has eroded very little over the years because relatively little sediment comes down the Rhine from Lake Constance.

The romantic, melodic rock songs of the band's early career had formerly been viewed as relatively inoffensive, but after the remark, churches nationwide organized Beatles record burnings and Lennon was forced to apologize.

Queensland's Department of Environment and Resource Management advises, for instance, the relatively small, unusual " Black Mountain " environment is the world's only habitat for at least three animals: the Black Mountain boulderfrog or rock haunting frog ( Cophixalus saxatilis ); the Black Mountain skink ( Carlia scirtetis ); and the Black Mountain gecko ( Nactus galgajuga ).

Layers of thick white rock, formed during period of relatively warm seas, alternate with highly fragile layers containing sand and remains of mud, formed during colder periods, and with layers containing various corals, that were formed during warmer, tropical times.

Indie rock, derived from " independent ", describes the small and relatively low-budget labels on which it is released and the do-it-yourself attitude of the bands and artists involved.