The first antibiotic called penicillin was extracted from :

(a) a bacterium (b) a protozoan (c) a fungus (d) an alga

Open in App

Solution

Option (c) a fungus

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

Q. Which is the first antibiotic which was extracted from bacteria?

A particular species of which one of the following, is the source bacterium of the antibiotic, discovered next to penicillin, for the treatment of tuberculosis ?

(a) Escherichia (b) Streptomyces
(c) Rhizobium (d) Nitrobacter

The first antibiotic penicillin was discovered in _______.

Q. Penicillin was the first antibiotic to be developed.

Q. The antibiotic penicillin is extracted from Penicillium.To which of the following Kingdom does Penicillium belong?

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

The first antibiotic called penicillin was extracted from : (a) a bacterium (b) a protozoan (c) a fungus (d) an alga

Option (c) a fungus

The first antibiotic called penicillin was extracted from :

(a) a bacterium (b) a protozoan (c) a fungus (d) an alga