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How was penicillin discovered?

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Penicillin was an accidental discovery. Sir Alexander Fleming obeserved that in unwashed culture plates of Staphylococcus, a mould Penicillium was growing. This mould inhibited the growth of Staphylococucus Later the anitbitic Penicillin was isolated from this fungus.
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