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In 1928, a scientist discovered the first effective antibiotic. Scientist and antibiotics are
In 1928, a scientist discovered the first effective antibiotic. Scientist and antibiotics are
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The correct option is B Fleming - Penicillin
- In September 1928 when Alexander Fleming observed his Petri dishes of the bacterial culture he notice that the culture of bacteria Staphylococcus has a mold growing over it which has inhabited its growth in that area.
- Upon observing he found that the mold was a strain of fungus Penicillium notaum and its was secreting some substance which inhibited the growth of the bacteria.
- He named it penicillin after the organism from which it is secreted.
- So the answer Alexander Fleming who discovered the first antibiotic penicillin is correct.
- In September 1928 when Alexander Fleming observed his Petri dishes of the bacterial culture he notice that the culture of bacteria Staphylococcus has a mold growing over it which has inhabited its growth in that area.
- Upon observing he found that the mold was a strain of fungus Penicillium notaum and its was secreting some substance which inhibited the growth of the bacteria.
- He named it penicillin after the organism from which it is secreted.
- So the answer Alexander Fleming who discovered the first antibiotic penicillin is correct.
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