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Tanya [424]
3 years ago
9

Who discovered penicillin and how ?

Biology
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luda_lava [24]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

In 1928, at St. Mary's Hospital, London, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. This discovery led to the introduction of antibiotics that greatly reduced the number of deaths from infection.

The discovery of penicillin was actually a mistake!

Fleming obtained an extract from the mold, naming its active agent penicillin. He determined that penicillin had an antibacterial effect on staphylococci and other gram-positive pathogens.

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