Question

Who discovered penicillin?Name the fungus from which it is obtained ?

Answer 1

In 1928, scottish scientist Alexander Fleming discoverd penicillin.Fungus chysogenum is the natural source of penicillin. Tom Volk's fungus of the month in November 2003.

Answer 2

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.

• Penicillin is a secondary metabolite of certain species of Penicillium
• penicillin is produced when growth of the fungus is inhibited by stress. It is not produced during active growth.
• The fungus turned out to be Penicillium notatum, and the antibacterial molecule that it produced was named penicillin.
• Fleming recorded his observations in the article in The British Journal of Experimental Pathology in 1929 [2], where he showed that penicillin is able to inhibit bacterial growth in vitro.

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