Woodruff (1941) was responsible for the isolation of

Neomycin

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Actinomycin

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Penicillin

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Streptomycin

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Solution

The correct option is C Actinomycin
In 1940, Woodruff and Waksman isolated and purified actinomycin from Actinomyces griseus (later named Streptomyces griseus). Actinomycin is an antibiotic which inhibits the growth of gram-negative bacteria and thus, used to treat typhoid, dysentery, cholera, and undulant fever.

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