
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the bacterial cell wall?
A) It protects from differences in osmolarity between intracellular and extracellular environments
B) It uses non-covalent bonds, permitting rapid synthesis during active growth periods
C) It is made, in part, of a peptidoglycan backbone
D) It is synthesized using enzymes such as transglycosylase, transpeptidase, polymerase, and hydrolase
E) Its synthesis is inhibited by the antibiotic fosfomycin
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