Methicillin is a medicine that inhibits cell wall production. Why does this make it a suitable antibiotic for eliminating bacterial infections in humans?
A. Human cells do not have cell walls.
B. Human cells and bacterial cells are completely different, so methicillin does not affect human cells.
C. All humans have a gene giving methicillin resistance.
D. Human cells have a plasma membrane in addition to the cell wall that allows them to survive in the presence of methicillin.
E. The cell wall of human cells is not sensitive to methicillin.
A. Human cells do not have cell walls.
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