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Penicillin is used to treat streptococcus pyogenes infections. Treatment is successful when the pathogen is killed, but the medication does not harm the host cells. Penicillin disrupts the peptide bridges between nam units. This results in __________.

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D. Damage to the bacterial cell wall
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