Osmosis from Elsevier - Penicillins are antibiotics that belong to the group of beta lactams, which have a beta-lactam ring in their structure that helps inhibit cell wall synthesis in bacteria. As
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Biochemistry Q&A - Breakdown Of Penicillin By Resistant Bacteria Elucidated Almost as soon as penicillin was discovered, more than 70 years ago, certain bacteria had learned how to resist this common antibiotic.
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