Question

What is the significance of antibiotic penicillin?

Answer 1

1. Penicillin became a powerful antibiotic for treating bacterial infections and was especially valuable for controlling wound infections during World War II.
2. Howard Florey and Ernst Chain helped develop its medical potential; Fleming, Florey and Chain jointly received the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
3. Its discovery led to the development and use of many other antibiotics. Antibiotics must nevertheless be used judiciously to reduce resistance and side effects.