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If a bacteria's cell membrane is damaged, then will your immune system be more able to defeat it?
So bascially, if the cell membrane is thinner in a section, will your body's antibodies/prescribed antibiotics be able to destroy the bacterium more easily than if the cell membrane was not damaged?
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- CarbonDatedLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
It would seem that this makes sense. However, this has been tested and the studies I've read indicate that it makes little difference, in general. You just have to have the right antibiotic/immune response in sufficient quantity to eliminate the bacteria population. Furthermore, most things that can be applied to damage a bacteria membrane are not hospitable to living organisms either. :(
Now, all that said, I'm not that widely read on bacteriology in humans since my area is agriculture and animals. So, I could be wrong as far as human diseases are concerned.
