Question

Alexander Fleming discovered ‘Penicillin, but its full potential as an effective antibiotic was established by other scientists. Name the two scientists.

Class XII
Microbes in human welfare

Answer 1

Andrew J. Moyer and Dr. Howard Florey are the two scientists who established  its potentials as an effective antibiotic.

Answer 2

Andrew J. Moyer and Dr. Howard Florey are the two scientists who established its potentials as an effective antibiotic.

•Antibiotic is "a medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms."

•They can be antibacterial, antifungal.

•Examples of antibiotics are - cephalosporins, tetracyclines.

•Antibiotics act by inhibiting the synthesis of microbes cell wall, or hindering DNA replication, or transcription or translation.

•Penicillin is derived from molds.

•It can be produced from Aspergillus Niger.

•Varieties of penicillin are - Penicillin G and penicillin V.