Streptomycin and actinomycin were discovered by

Waksman

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Woodruff

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Fleming and Waksman

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Solution

The correct option is A Waksman
Waksman and his students isolated more than fifteen antibiotics. Waksman identified the first true antibiotic. He observed an antibiotic in Actinomyces antibioticus, a member of the actinomycetes family. The microbe produced a substance, actinomycin. Actinomycin had both bacteriostatic and bactericidal properties.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

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