From Your Knowledge of Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Cell Envelopes, Why

question 54

Essay

From your knowledge of Gram-positive and Gram-negative cell envelopes, why would penicillin be more effective in killing Gram-positive organisms than Gram-negative organisms?

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