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Final History

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HISTORY AND DISCOVERY OF PENICILLIUM

Penicillium is a type of fungus that was first described by a German scientist named
Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link in 1809. The name Penicillium comes from a Latin
word meaning "little brush," which describes the way the fungus looks under a
microscope. These fungi are found in many places such as soil, air, decaying fruits, and
spoiled food. Some species of Penicillium can spoil food, while others are very helpful
in medicine and food production.

The most important discovery related to Penicillium happened in 1928, when a


Scottish scientist named Alexander Fleming noticed something unusual in his
laboratory. He saw that a mold had grown on one of his petri dishes and had killed the
bacteria around it. That mold was a type of Penicillium, called Penicillium notatum
(now called Penicillium chrysogenum). Fleming realized that the mold was producing
a substance that could kill harmful bacteria, and he named it penicillin. This was the
beginning of the antibiotic era.

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