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Who discovered the antibiotic penicillin?
1. Archimedes
2. Alexander Fleming
3. Alexander Grahman Bell
4. Louis Pasteur

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Correct Answer - Option 2 : Alexander Fleming

The correct answer is Alexander Fleming.

  • Penicillin fungi are the source of penicillin.
  • People take this antibiotic either orally or through injection.
  • Alexander Fleming was the one who discovered Penicillin.
  • It is not humans who are attaining resistance against the antibiotic, rather the bacteria.
  • It is not because the bacteria is absorbing the antibiotic that they are becoming resistant to it.

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