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Fleming discovered Penicillin from
Fleming discovered Penicillin from
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The correct option is A Penicillium notatum
- Discovery of penicillin antibiotic by Fleming was an accidental discovery.
- Fleming was working with different bacterial strains to study the effect of lysozyme in fighting of bacterial infection in human body.
- In his lab there were many petri dish containing different strains of bacteria, he observed that one of the petridishes containing the strain for bacteria Staphylococcus was infected by the growth of a fungus
- This fungus growing along with the bacterial colony inhibited the growth of the bacterial colony
- On further observation Fleming saw that the chemical substances secreted by the mold inhibited the bacterial growth. He named it Penicillin after the name of the organism ie Penicillium notatum
- So, the correct answer is Penicillium notatum
- Discovery of penicillin antibiotic by Fleming was an accidental discovery.
- Fleming was working with different bacterial strains to study the effect of lysozyme in fighting of bacterial infection in human body.
- In his lab there were many petri dish containing different strains of bacteria, he observed that one of the petridishes containing the strain for bacteria Staphylococcus was infected by the growth of a fungus
- This fungus growing along with the bacterial colony inhibited the growth of the bacterial colony
- On further observation Fleming saw that the chemical substances secreted by the mold inhibited the bacterial growth. He named it Penicillin after the name of the organism ie Penicillium notatum
- So, the correct answer is Penicillium notatum
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