Correct Answer - Option 4 : Fungi
The correct answer is Fungi.
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Penicillin is obtained from Fungi.
- Penicillium mold naturally produces the antibiotic penicillin.
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The fungus Penicillium chrysogenum makes penicillin using an enzyme called a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase, which joins amino acids together into single molecules.
- Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming.
- Penicillin was discovered in 1928 and during the Second World War became the first antibiotic to be used by doctors.