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Antibiotics are an amalgam of substances derived from microorganisms to control the growth of or kill off bacteria. Most credit Alexander Fleming for the discovery of penicillin and its many uses. Joseph Lister is also considered one of the forerunners in this field.
Fleming discovered lysozyme (an antiseptic enzyme that occurs in tissue and secretions such as mucus and tears) in 1921 during his military career. In 1927, he discovered penicillin. The next year while experimenting with the influenza virus he found that a certain strand of penicillin, Penicillium notatum, completely destroyed staphylococcus bacteria in a culture plate. The mold created a "germ-free barrier," if you will, that prevented the staphylococcus from growing. Fleming found that this discovery was effective even when diluted to 800 times.
And that's how penicillin was "born."
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When was the discovery of antibiotics?
Antibiotics are a medicine that was first discovered in the year 1928. The man responsible for inventing them was named Alexander Fleming.
Who was the first person to make antibiotics?
Alexander Flemming first discovered, cultured and used penicillin
What was science and medication like when Frankensteine was first published?
Electro-Magnetism was just discovered. Antibiotics had not been.
What is the first antibiotic?
one of the first antibiotics was actually discovered by a British scientist named Alexander Fleming. He is credited for discovering (penicillin)
How and where were antibiotics discovered?
England 1928
When were antibiotics against TB discovered?
Streptomycin was developed in the early 1940s and was the first antibiotic effective against the disease.
Who is the greatest bacteriologist who discovered antibiotics?
Alexander Fleming in 1928.
Did doctors in 1666 have a cure for the plague?
No. Antibiotics had not been discovered yet.
What was discovered before antibiotics?
the circulation of blood, electricity, chromosomes, and gravity.
Did Alexander Fleming discovered antibiotics by accident?
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin at St. Mary's Hospital.
Why was antibiotics needed when Alexandra Fleming discovered them?
the second world war had started
Which was discovered before antibiotics blood circulation electricity chromosomes or gravity?
chromosomes
