Most antibiotics, like penicillin, work by weakening bacterial cell walls, causing the cells to burst due to osmotic water uptake.
- weaken bacterial cell walls - cells burst due to osmotic gain of water
| Front | How do most antibiotics (eg- penicillin) work? |
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| Back | - weaken bacterial cell walls - cells burst due to osmotic gain of water |
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