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 curative effect in various infectious diseases; his 1928 discovery of what was later named benzylpenicillin has been described as the single greatest victory ever achieved over disease.
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Observed Penicillium mould inhibiting bacterial growth in 1928; the observation is credited as the discovery.
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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 curative effect in various infectious diseases". This was the first antibiotic substance discovered. His discovery in 1928 of what was later named benzylpenicillin from the mould Penicillium rubens has been described as the "single greatest victory ever achieved over disease".
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Born: 1881-08-06
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Died: 1955-03-11
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1928 by Scottish physician Alexander Fleming
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Penicillin: The Sixteen-Year Gap Nobody Talks About
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Alexander Fleming, credited with the 1928 observation behind penicillin
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What exactly did Alexander Fleming discover in 1928?
He discovered benzylpenicillin from the mould Penicillium rubens; it was the first antibiotic substance discovered.
In 1928 Fleming discovered what was later named benzylpenicillin, produced by the mould Penicillium rubens. It was the first antibiotic substance discovered, and it has been described as the single greatest victory ever achieved over disease. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases.
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