Consider an MIC result of 10 mg of penicillin for bacterial strain A, 15 mg for stain B, 18 mg for strain C, and 27 mg of penicillin for strain D. It can be interpreted that bacterial strain ________ is more susceptible to penicillin than the others.

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Bacterial strain A requires the lowest concentration of penicillin to inhibit its growth, indicating that it is the most susceptible to penicillin. Strains B, C, and D require increasingly higher concentrations, indicating decreasing susceptibility. Therefore, choice A is the correct answer.

Consider an MIC Result of 10 Mg of Penicillin for Bacterial