Penicillin was first discovered by______.

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Penicillin was first discovered by Alexander Fleming.

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Chapter 4: Chemistry in Daily Life - Evaluation [Page 78]

Chapter 4 Chemistry in Daily Life
Evaluation | Q II. 1. | Page 78

How do antibiotics cure disease?

Are the antibiotics given to humans and animals the same? Why?

What are ‘broad-spectrum antibiotics'?

List the merits of local defense systems.

List any four ways in which the antibiotics are being used.

Mention if the following statement is true (T) or false (F).

Lysol is an antibiotic.

Mention If the Following Statement is True (T) Or False (F).

Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming.

______ resistane is defined as the ability of the microorganisms to resist the effects of an antibiotic to which they were once sensitive.

Fleming named the mould penicillum notatum, from which the antibiotic penicillin was isolated.

Name any five natural antibiotics.