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Concept of Antibiotics Production from Microbes

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Which of the following antibiotics was extensively used to treat American soldiers wounded in World War II?

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Neomycin

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Bacitracin

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Chloramphenicol

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D

Penicillin

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Solution

The correct option is D Penicillin
In 1940, E. Chain and H. Florey obtained a relatively stable preparation of penicillin, which was extensively used to treat wounded American soldiers in World War II.

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