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Penicillin is a group of antibiotics that is derived from the Penicillum fungus. It was discovered by a Scottish scientist, Alexander Fleming, in 1928. However, the development of penicillin for medical use is attributed to Howard Walter Florey, Ernst Chain, and Norman Heatley.

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