Polypeptide Antibiotics That Act as Detergents and Distort Bacterial Cellular

question 6

Multiple Choice

Polypeptide antibiotics that act as detergents and distort bacterial cellular membranes do so by:

• A)acting as antimetabolites
• B)inhibition of cell wall synthesis
• C)disruption of cell membrane integrity
• D)inhibition of nucleic acid synthesis

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