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Penicillin is produced by the Penicillium notatum fungi. Penicillin is one of the earliest discovered and widely used antibiotics. Antibiotics are natural substances that are released by bacteria and fungi into the their environment to inhibit the growth of other microbes, so it is biological warfare on a microscopic scale.
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∙ 12y agoPenicillin - Penicillium chrysogenun is a bread mold.
'The unprocessed form of penicillin comes from the yellow juice extracted from the blue - green mold on bread'
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∙ 11y agoIts the fungus Penicillium chrysogenum :)
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∙ 8y agobacteria.
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What is penicillin and what is used for?
Penicillin is a bactericidal antibiotic drug.Bactericidal Antibiotics are chemical substances which are produced by microorganisms like bacteria, mould, fungi, and kill other microorganisms. Penicillin can be used for curing sore throat, bronchitis, pneumonia and rheumatic fever.
How are micro organisms useful?
Micro-organisms can be useful in fighting back other illnesses that can kill you.
What is helpful microorganisms?
Yeast: used to make bread
Is helpful microorganisms?
Yeast: used to make bread
Why are microorganisms used to make products on a large scale?
they aren't
Was the ability of some microorganisms to produce beta-lactamase present prior to their exposure to the antibiotic penicillin?
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What is the medical term meaning antibiotics?
any of a large group of chemical substances, as penicillin or streptomycin, produced by various microorganisms and fungi, having the capacity in dilute solutions to inhibit the growth of or to destroy bacteria and other microorganisms, used chiefly in the treatment of infectious diseases.
What kind of mold can you turn into penicillon?
The mould used to make penicillin is penicillium.
What type of drug is penicillin?
Penicillin is actually not a drug. The liquid that is produced by the Penicillin is also known as enzymes is used a as drug. Penicillin is used as antibiotics.
What are the usefulness and harmfulness of microorganisms?
Harmful-cans,meningitis,streptococcuslactis,rabbies,pneumonia.Useful-penicillin,e.coli,staph,yeast,poopstick.
What are the antibiotics which are produced from fungi?
A fungus used to make an antibiotic is Penicillium.
What bacteria and fungi are simple organisms used to make?
They are used to making antibiotics like penicillin
