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Which was the first-ever antibiotic?


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Penicillin:

  1. Penicillin was the first-ever antibiotic.
  2. Alexander Fleming found it in the year 1928.
  3. This discovery took place when a culture of Staphylococci had been accidentally left open and was contaminated by green mould.
  4. At the same time, Fleming observed on the petri dish that there was an area where no bacterial growth was present.
  5. So, Fleming conducted a deeper analysis and it led to the discovery of Penicillin.

Penicillin was the first ever antibiotic


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