Question

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Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin accidentally. Do you think that scientific discoveries are often made
by chance?
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Answer 1

Answer:

The first name for penicillin was “mould juice.” Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered the antibiotic in 1928, when he came back from a vacation and found that a green mold called Pennicilium notatum had contaminated Petri dishes in his lab … and were killing some of the bacteria he'd been ...

Answer 2

Answer:

Penicillin Discovered—by Accident

The temperature conditions that prevailed during Fleming's absence permitted both the bacteria and the mold spores to grow; had the incubator been used, only the bacteria could have grown.