Scientists at a pharmaceutical company are exposing bacteria to new "prototype" antibiotics. During antibiotic treatment, many o
f these bacteria swell and eventually lyse. These new antibiotics likely target which of the following in bacteria?a) mitochondria and energy productionb) nuclei and genetic materialc) peptidoglycan synthesis and cell wallsd) ribosomes and protein synthesis
Peptidoglycan is a main componen of cell walls, antibiotics (beta lactam) target is to breakp, and therefore produce lysis, this wall with the inhibition of peptideoglycan syntesis.
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