Alexander Fleming: Discovery of Penicillin

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Alexander Fleming was able to successfully trap the antibacterial agent in penicillin

Drs. Florey and Chain

These scientists were last in the timeline of contributing to the knowledge of penicillin

Alexander Fleming

This is the man credited with the discovery of penicillin

Louis Pasteur

This scientist was the 2nd in the timeline of contributing to the knowledge of penicillin

A. Fleming

This scientist was the 3rd in the timeline of contributing to the knowledge of penicillin

Leeuwenhoek

This scientist was the first in the timeline of contributing to the knowledge of penicillin

World War II

What international event pushed scientists to revisit penicillin as a healing tool

CJ La Touch's asthma lab

Where do they think the mold came from in Fleming's petri dish

Mycologist

a scientist who studies mold

Lysol

a solvent that kills bacteria

a chance discovery

the discovery of penicillin was...

Howard Florey and Ernst Chain

the two scientists, who twelve years after Fleming, made it the beneficial drug it is today.

1683

the year that the "concept" of bacteria was first reported