Gram-negative bacteria are not killed by penicillin because they:    do not have ribosomes.        have an outer membrane  layer covering their peptidoglycan cell wall.        have two layers of peptidoglycan.        do not have peptidoglycan.        their ribosomes are protected with their own outer membrane layer.

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Gram-negative bacteria are not killed by penicillin because they:

  
do not have ribosomes.
 
 
  
have an outer membrane  layer covering their peptidoglycan cell wall.
 
 
  
have two layers of peptidoglycan.
 
 
  
do not have peptidoglycan.
 
 
  
their ribosomes are protected with their own outer membrane layer.
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