Why are gram-positive bacteria typically more resistant than gram-negatvie bacteria to antibiotics, that disrupt plasma membranes, such as polymyxin B?
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Our body cells are gram positive, and that LPS in the cell wall is frequently how antibiotics enter the cell and deteriorate it. Only a few antibiotics are engineered to attack g pos cells, as they can effect the humans host cell as well as bacterial cells.
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