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Discovery of Antibiotics

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Write the scientific name of the organism Alexander Fleming worked on and discovered the first antibiotic. Was the organism he worked on a fungus or a bacterium? [1 Mark]

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Scientific name of the organism that Alexander Fleming worked on when he discovered the first antibiotic penicillin is Staphylococcus. The organism was a bacteria.

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