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Penicillin Is a Competitive Inhibitor Produced by a Fungus in Order

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Penicillin is a competitive inhibitor produced by a fungus in order to kill invading bacteria.It does this by mimicking the substrate required by the bacterium to build and repair its cell wall.Describe how mimicking the substrate would result in the death of the bacterium.


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The face value of a bond or stock, as stated on the certificate, which is the nominal value rather than the market value.

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