Question

Give the scientific name of the source organism from which the first antibiotic was produced. Class 12

Answer 1

is it penicillium which is fungi

Answer 2

Penicillium chrysogenum is the hotspot for penicillin, the primary anti-toxin.

Penicillin neutralizes gram-positive microscopic organisms, for example, Staphylococcus and Pneumococcus by disturbing bacterial cell divider amalgamation - crosslinking of the peptidoglycan polymers is counteracted by hindrance of the protein transpeptidaase, causing the twisted cells dividers to go up against overabundance water, which makes them burst.