Q. Waksman got the Nobel Prize for the discovery of:
Answer: Streptomycin
Notes: Selman Waksman was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1952 “for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis.” He was called “one of the greatest benefactors to mankind,” as the result of the discovery of streptomycin. Waksman was a Russian-born, Jewish-American inventor, biochemist and microbiologist.