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How did Louis Pasteur discover penicillin?

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A recent caption under such a photo read, "Antibiotics began with Sir Alexander's discovery of penicillin." But the story is not that simple. It begins before Fleming and culminates after he abandoned penicillin in favour of sulpha drugs. read more

Louis Pasteur and Jules Francois Joubert observed that cultures of the anthrax bacilli, when contaminated with moulds, became inhibited. Some references say that Pasteur identified the strain as Penicillium notatum. read more

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