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An antibiotic that attacks the LPS layer would be expected to have a broad spectrum of activity, effective against Gram negative and Gram positive cells.A. TrueB. False.

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False

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Lipopolysaccharides are substances that have both lipid and polysaccharide. LPS layer is the characteristic feature of gram-negative bacteria. The LPS layer is present in the outer membrane of the cell envelope of gram-negative bacteria. It is not found in Gram-positive bacteria.

Broad-spectrum drugs are the chemotherapeutic agents that are effective against several kinds of pathogens while the narrow spectrum drugs target only a limited type of microbes. Therefore, an antibiotic that attacks the LPS layer would be effective against Gram-negative bacteria only which in turn makes it a narrow-spectrum drug.

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