<P> Ampicillin acts as an irreversible inhibitor of the enzyme transpeptidase , which is needed by bacteria to make the cell wall . It inhibits the third and final stage of bacterial cell wall synthesis in binary fission , which ultimately leads to cell lysis ; therefore , ampicillin is usually bacteriolytic . </P>
which cellular component in the bacterial cell is targeted by ampicillin
inhibits the third and final stage of bacterial cell wall synthesis in binary fission