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pennicylin is derived from mold
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Penicillin is isolated from?
Penicillin is obtained from the Penicillium notatum mold.
Who invented pencilline?
Nobody invented penicillin, since it is derived from the mold on bread. Alexander Fleming discovered the medical usage of penicillin in 1928.
How do you turn bread mold in penicillin?
Bread mold does not turn into penicillin. Bread mold makes penicillin as aby-product of its metabolic processes. Penicillin is manufactured by growing bread mould in a nutrient and stripping off the produced penicillin in the same manner that alcohol is made by yeast and the alcohol recovered.
What spoilt bread has to do with penicillin?
Penicillin originally came from mould.
Does an orange peel contain penicillin?
I don't think so, I think the mold of penicillin grows on oranges and bread if you leave them in a 70 degree temperature. It will grow a blue green algae, penicillin.. That needs to be purified further.. Orange peels contains all sorts of awesome oils that control the growth of bacterias, etc.
An important antibiotic derived from fungus?
penicillin
Where does penicillin fungi come from?
Sort of - it comes from a mould. Penicillin is excreted from several different strains of the Penicillium fungi. The antibiotic is this excreted chemical, not the mould that excretes it.
Which bread does penicillin grow on?
Penicillin was discovered as a product of the mold Penicillium notatum. This mold is generally found on the skin of oranges and lemons and Alexander Fleming was eating an orange and plating bacteria at the same time. Some mold contaminated the culture dish and when it was incubated, zones of inhibition appeared around the mold colonies. This was investigated and penicillin was discovered! This mold is also commonly found on stale bread.
What sickness do you get from bread mold?
Bread tends to form two different common molds, black mold (Aspergillus niger) and green mold (Pennicilium notatum - from which Penicillin is derived). As far as I know, neither of these molds is particularly harmful to humans.
Can penicillin grow on bread?
yes, yes it can.
Does blue cheese dressing have penicillin?
No. Penicillin was originally found on bread mold, not cheese mold. Not that moldy bread will have enough penicilllin to 'cure' anything.
What are the molds that grow on bread?
penicillin is the most common mold to grow on bread
