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A bacterium may be penicillin resistant due to all of the following EXCEPT a) a Gram-negative...

A bacterium may be penicillin resistant due to all of the following EXCEPT

a) a Gram-negative cell wall.

b) beta-lactase production.

c) a Gram-positive cell wall.

d) modified transpeptidases.

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