A bacterium has evolved a new enzyme that can cleave a beta-lactam ring structure. It would NOT be treatable by which class of drugs?

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Beta-lactam antibiotics, including ampicillin, work by inhibiting bacterial cell wall synthesis. The new enzyme developed by the bacterium is capable of cleaving the beta-lactam ring structure that is central to the antibiotic's mechanism of action, rendering it ineffective. Therefore, the bacterium cannot be treated by ampicillin.

A Bacterium Has Evolved a New Enzyme That Can Cleave