Question

Explain briefly about the discovery of penicillin ​

Answer 1

Answer:

it was discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming

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 growing.

Answer 2

Answer:

by Alexander Fleming

Antibiotics are compounds produced by bacteria and fungi which are capable of killing, or inhibiting, competing microbial species. ... But it was not until 1928 that penicillin, the first true antibiotic, was discovered by Alexander Fleming, Professor of Bacteriology at St. Mary's Hospital in London.