The hypothesis is a claim or prediction. <u><em>If </em></u><em>in Petri plates, contaminated with Penicillium notatum, bacteria are dead, </em><u><em>then</em></u><em> the fungus must be inhibiting bacteria growth and killing the existing ones. </em>
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A hypothesis is a conjecture. A researcher hypothesizes to predict what is going on or what is expected to occur. The hypothesis is a claim of how it works a relation between two or more variables. Usually, it is written in the present time.
According to Fleming's experiment and his accident in the lab, we can postulate the following hypothesis.
<u><em>IF </em></u><em>in </em><em>Petri plates</em><em>, contaminated with </em><em>Penicillium notatum</em><em>, </em><em>bacteria </em><em>are dead, </em><u><em>THEN</em></u><em> the f</em><em>ungus</em><em> must be </em><em>inhibiting</em><em> bacteria </em><em>growth</em><em> and </em><em>killing</em><em> the existing ones. </em>
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Fleming observed that in plates where the fungus was growing, there were no bacteria. <em>He compared these plates with the other ones with no fungi and saw that on the other plates bacteria were still alive</em>. So he assumed that <em>Penicillium notatum</em> was causing the death of bacteria and inhibiting their growth.
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