The different antibiotics used in this experiment was Penicillin G, Chloramphenicol, Erythromycin and Tetracycline. Each functions in its own unique way that allows it to be affective in the treatment of different microorganisms. Penicillin is the most common, it works by destroying the cell wall of the microorganism that it is targeting. This happens by it deactivating the enzymes necessary for the cell to create cross linkages in the cell wall. The cell allows the penicillin as a substrate. Once inside, it then alkanolates the oxygen of the enzyme and turns it off. This then stops cell wall production and the cell dies soon after. Chloramphenicol is a lesser known antibiotic. It works by binding to the large subunit of the bacterial
