Penicillium chrysogenum
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Penicillium chrysogenum is a species of fungus in the genus Penicillium. It is common in temperate and subtropical regions and can be found on salted food products, but it is mostly found in indoor en
Penicillium notatum
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Alexander Fleming
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Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician and microbiologist. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain "for the discovery of penicillin and its
Penicillium chrysogenum
…It has been recognised as a species complex that includes P. notatum, P. meleagrinum, and P. cyaneofulvum. Molecular phylogeny has established that Alexander Fleming's first discovered penicillin-producing strain is of a distinct species, P. rubens, and not of P. notatum. It has rarely been reported as a cause of…
Fleming in his laboratory, 1943
An advertisement advertising penicillin's "miracle cure"
A commemorative plaque marking Fleming's discovery of penicillin at St Mary's Hospital, London
Fleming in his laboratory in 1943