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Penicillin was discovered by:

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Graham Bell
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Alexander Flemming
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Paul Elrich
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The correct option is A Alexander Flemming

The discovery of penicillin is attributed to Scottish scientist and Nobel laureate Alexander Fleming in 1928. He showed that, if Penicillium rubens were grown in the appropriate substrate, it would exude a substance with antibiotic properties, which he dubbed penicillin.


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