Which of the following antibiotics was first isolated by Albert Schatz?

Penicillin

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Streptomycin

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Tetracycline

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B Streptomycin
Streptomycin was first isolated in 1943 by Albert Schatz from Streptomyces griseus, a soil fungus. It was the first antibiotic with activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is also effective in treating several other infectious diseases such as brucellosis, Burkholderia infection, plague, tularemia and rat bite fever. Thus, the correct answer is option B.

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