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Alexander Fleming

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Who is Alexander Fleming?

Alexander Flemming was a Scottish physician and microbiologist. He is best known for his discovery of the antibiotic substance, penicillin.

The works of Alexander Fleming

Iysozyme

Penicillin

1921

1928

How did he discover penicillin?

In 1928, Fleming found that there was a sample of

He grew the fungus that contaminated staphylococcus

Staphylococcus (deadly) contaminated by fungus.

and found the fungus could kill bacteria in wounds etc; and named it Penicillin.