Resistance in bacterial strains develops when the strain is able to inactivate the drug. For example, strains resistant to penicillin produce _______ which breaks the betalactam ring.
a. peptidase
b. polymerase
c. proteinase
d. beta-lactamase
Ans: d. beta-lactamase
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