In this article we will discuss about the discovery and commercial production of penicillin. Discovery of Penicillin: Alexander Flemming discovered penicillin secretion by the mold Penicillium notatum in 1929. He reported that a contaminating colony of the fungus lysed adjacent colonies of staphylococci; but the lytic agent seemed too unstable to be useful. However, when […]
Penicillin: Discovery and Its Commercial Production
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