Who among the following discovered the antibiotic producing fungus from Penicillium genus?

Louis Pasteur

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Sir Alexander Fleming

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Stanley Prusiner

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Robert Hooke

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Solution

The correct option is B Sir Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming discovered first antibiotic (Penicillin G) producing fungus from Penicillium genus in 1928. Sir Alexander Fleming grew the mould in a pure culture. The mould produced a substance that killed a number of disease-causing bacteria. He identified that substance obtained from mould Penicillium notatum.
Thus, the correct answer is 'Sir Alexander Fleming.'

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