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Penicillium was used to make penicillin which help people survive many infections.

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The fungus Penicillium produces what that saves peoples' lives by killing bacteria?

The fungus Penicillium produces the antibiotic penicillin, which is effective in killing bacteria and has saved countless lives by treating infections.


Is penicillium a type of fungus that produces a medicine used to kill bacteria?

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Pencillin is obtained from which micro organism?

The microorganism that Penicillin is obtained from is a fungus called Penicillium.


What bacteria killing fungus did Fleming isolate in his 1920 experiment?

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