Sir Alexander Flemming extracted penicillin from ?

Penicllium citrinum

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Penicllium notatum

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Penicllium chrysogenum

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Bacillus brevis

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Solution

The correct option is B Penicllium notatum
First antibiotic penicillin from blue - green fungus Penicillium notatum in agar - agar medium, discovered by Sir Alexander Flemming in 1928.

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Assertion: While working on Staphylococci, Alexander Fleming observed that Penicillium notatum inhibits the growing of bacteria.

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Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in September 1928. Which organism did he obtain it from?

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