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Sir Alexander Flemming extracted penicil...

Sir Alexander Flemming extracted penicillium from

A

Penicillium citrinum

B

Penicillium notatum

C

Penicillium chrysogenum

D

Bacillus brevis

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B
Alexander Fleming while working on staphylococci bacteria found that a mould growing in one of his unwashed culture plates was due to a chemical produced by the mould Penicillium notatum
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