Given penicillin's role in inhibiting synthesis of peptidoglycan it would therefore work best against a _____
a) gram-positive pathogen
b) archaeal pathogen
c) fungal pathogen
d) protist pathogen
e) penicillin would not work against any of these pathogens
Answer: a) gram-positive pathogen
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