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Antibiotic Effects on S.aureus and E.coli by Natalia Prieto is a document available to read on EtoBox.

1) The document analyzes the effects of four antibiotics (ampicillin, erythromycin, penicillin, tetracycline) on two bacterial strains, S. aureus and E. coli. 2) Broad-spectrum antibiotics ampicillin and tetracycline inhibited both bacterial strains as expected. Narrow-spectrum penicillin inhibited S. aureus but not E. coli. 3) S. aureus was more susceptible to the antibiotics overall, shown by its larger inhibition zones, likely due to gram-positive bacteria having a simpler cell wall structure than gram-

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Natalia Prieto

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EN