Petrus Asks You What the Gram-Negative Result Means and You

question 2

Multiple Choice

Petrus asks you what the Gram-negative result means and you explain that the bacteria causing his grandmother's UTI

• A) have a thin cell wall and an outer membrane which makes the cells less sensitive to the antibiotic penicillin.
• B) have a thick cell wall and an outer membrane which makes the cells less sensitive to the antibiotic penicillin.
• C) have no cell wall but they have a thick outer membrane which makes the cells less sensitive to the antibiotic penicillin.
• D) have a thin cell wall and an inner cell membrane which makes the cells less sensitive to penicillin.
• E) have no cell wall which makes the cells more sensitive to the antibiotic penicillin.

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