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The cultures of Alexander Fleming consisted of
The cultures of Alexander Fleming consisted of
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The correct option is B Staphylococcus
- Alexander Fleming was working with a bacteria to study the action of lysozyme and its role in the fighting of the infection in the human body.
- The bacterial culture that he was working on was of Staphylococcus
- Due to some fault, the bacterial culture Fleming was working on developed a fungal infection of Penicillium notatum which inhabited the growth of the bacteria in the culture.
- The secretion which was released by the fungus was called mold juice by Fleming but later he named it as penicillin after the name of the organism which secretes it.
- So the answer Staphylococcus is correct.
- Alexander Fleming was working with a bacteria to study the action of lysozyme and its role in the fighting of the infection in the human body.
- The bacterial culture that he was working on was of Staphylococcus
- Due to some fault, the bacterial culture Fleming was working on developed a fungal infection of Penicillium notatum which inhabited the growth of the bacteria in the culture.
- The secretion which was released by the fungus was called mold juice by Fleming but later he named it as penicillin after the name of the organism which secretes it.
- So the answer Staphylococcus is correct.
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