Or try «penicillin», which, we are told, «exerts a bacteriostatic and bactericidal effect by interfering with the synthesis of peptidoglycan». (newscientist.com)
Her final year research project was the study of bactieral cell wall peptidoglycan structure by atomic force microscopy. (thesgc.org)
This work zeroes in on trying to stop construction of a bacterial cell layer called peptidoglycan, a mesh - like structure that, in gram - negative bacteria like E. coli, rests between the inner and outer cell membranes. (sciencedaily.com)