Ampicillin is an antibiotic of the moderate-spectrum penicillin (amino-penicillin) group.
Some bacteria have developed resistance to it by producing an enzyme beta-lactamase (penicillinase) to break it down.
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... Lactam ...... 6-Amino-Penicillinamic Acid ........ Sidechain ...