why would an antibiotic effect a bacterium and not a fungus , etc? or gram -...

why would an antibiotic effect a bacterium and not a fungus , etc? or gram - and not a gram + or an acid fast bacteria?

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The chemical properties which gram negative bacteria has that do not allow antibiotics to utilise these cell wall pethways to effectively penetrate the outer membrane.

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