Penicillin is extracted from ____:

Q. Penicillin is extracted from ____:
Answer: Fungus
Notes: Penicillin the so called ‘Wonder drug’ discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1927 is produced from the genus of fungi “Penicillia”. All penicillin are â-lactam antibiotics and are used in the treatment of bacterial infections caused by susceptible, usually Grampositive organisms.

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