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What is a broad-spectrum antibiotic? Is penicillin a broad spectrum or a narrow spectrum antibiotic? 

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An antibiotic that kills or inhibits a wide range of Gram-negative bacteria and positive bacteria
Penicillin is a narrow spectrum antibiotic.
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