Penicillin was discovered by accident by
A)Alexander Fleming.
B)Paul Ehrlich.
C)Edward Jenner.
D)Robert Koch.
E)Joseph Lister.

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Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928 while working at St. Mary's Hospital in London. He noticed that a mold called Penicillium notatum had contaminated one of his petri dishes of staphylococcus bacteria and had killed off the bacteria around it. This accidental discovery led to the development of the first antibiotic.

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