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How does ampicillin destroy E. coli cells?

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How does ampicillin destroy E. coli cells?

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Ampicillin acts as a competitive inhibitor of the enzyme transpeptidase, which is needed by bacteria to make their cell walls. So when E. Coli tries to divide using binary fission, it can not create the second cell’s cell wall and therefore the cell doesn’t live.

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