Question

Which of the following is mismatched? Group of answer choices Ehrlich – "magic bullet" theory Fleming – initial identification of penicillin's effect on gram-positive microbial growth Florey and Chain – identification of Penicillium as the producer of penicillin Kirby and Bauer – disc-diffusion method None of these is mismatched.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is E.

Explanation:

• Paul Ehrlich is the scientist who discovered a treatment for the disease Syphilis in the year 1900 which was then named Magic Bullet as a concept. This answer is correct.
• Alexander Fleming was a Scottish scientist and while he was working on a cure for influenza, commonly known as flu, after a coincidence on one of his experiments he discovered a substance. He observed that it killed the bacteria that it came into contact with and named it Penicilin.
• Howard Florey and Ernst Chain are scientist who picked up Fleming's discovery of penicilin and tried to improve it. As a result of their experiments, they discovered a technique that was used to make a more pure and concentrated penicilin.
• Kirby Bauer method is used to find out if a certain type of bacteria has any sensitivity to a specific type of antibiotic.

The correct answer is E, none of the pairs are mismatched.

I hope this answer helps.