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Jun 2, 2008, 6:52 am
How Penicillin kills bacteria? 
 

   
   

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sumesh kumar 		Jun 8, 2008,9:07 am
Penicillin kills bacteria by interfering with the ability to synthesize cell wall. In this sequence, Escherichia coli were incubated in penicillin for 30 minutes. The bacteria lengthen, but cannot divide. Eventually the weak cell wall ruptures (last panel). You can view the bursting bacteria in a 610K time-lapse movie