Upon examining some colonies of Staphylococcus aureus, Dr. Fleming noted that a mold called Penicillium notatum had contaminated his Petri dishes. After carefully placing the dishes under his ...

Fleming initially struggled to identify the exact strain of the fungus that created the bacteria-free circle in his petri dish, and over the years, several species of Penicillium have been ...

After Scottish doctor Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in a petri dish containing bacteria ... made through the fermentation of the fungus Penicillium chrysogenum, which produces the ...

Almost 90 years ago, Alexander Fleming returned from holiday to find Penicillium on Petri dishes left in his basement laboratory at St Mary's Hospital in London. By the 1950s, the golden age of ...

The antibiotic was produced by a mold of the genus Penicillium, which accidentally started growing in a Petri dish. The isolate is now classified as Penicillium rubens Biourge (1923) (IMI 15378).

Fleming initially struggled to identify the exact strain of the fungus that created the bacteria-free circle in his petri dish, and over the years, several species of Penicillium have been ...

Almost 90 years ago, Alexander Fleming returned from holiday to find Penicillium on Petri dishes left in his basement laboratory at St Mary's Hospital in London. By the 1950s, the golden age of ...