Who discovered penicillin?

Answer by  jheremans (1446)

Alexander Fleming is the primary founder of the penicillin. He discovered this in the year 1928 when he was doing experiments in his pile of petri dish with an anti-biotic agent but it got contaminated with mold so later on he discovered lysozyme accidentally which killed the bacteria in his dish and this was the start of his breakthrough.

Answer by  hnj (11)

A bacteriologist by the name of Alexander Fleming. He discovered it by chance when he discovered mold growing on one of his true experiments and the active ingredient in it turned out to be an infection fighting substance.He discovered it in 1928

Answer by  shastie (1601)

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. It was an aciidental find as he had some petri dishes that he just let be. He noticed that something was killing the bacteria, thus we know have penicillin as a good antibiotic. The down side is there are a lot of people who are allergic to it.

Answer by  A36 (629)

Alexander Fleming is credited with discovering penicillin in 1928. He found that a particular bacteria grown in a specific substrate emitted a substance that was anti-biotic, which he named penicillin.

Answer by  jamieellison (1637)

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin while working in his lab. He had some old Petri dishes that has been left unattended and noticed that mold (penicillin) killed the bacteria growth.

Answer by  tml4986 (195)

The discovery of penicillin and its antibiotic ability is widely attributed to Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming in 1928. He discovered that Penicillium chrysogenum, a common mold, when grown in the right substrate, inhibited bacterial growth.