To whom do we owe the credit of isolating the wonder drug Penicillin from Penicillium notatum?
A
Ernst Haeckel
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B
Carl Linnaeus
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C
Alexander Flemming
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D
John Ray
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Solution
The correct option is C Alexander Flemming Penicillin is the first antibiotic that was isolated from Penicillium notatum and purified by Sir Alexander Flemming. This is one of the most effective antibiotics against several bacterial infections.
Ernst Haeckel gave the Three Kingdoms of Classification.
Carl Linnaeus is known as ‘The Father of Taxonomy’.
John Ray gave the concept of species.