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While working with Staphylococcus bacteria in 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming accidently dropp...

While working with Staphylococcus bacteria in 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming accidently dropped some bread crumbs on one of the dishes. After a week the bacteria on this dish did not grow as expected. Fleming noticed a bacteria-free circle around a mold that was contaminating the staphylococcus culture. Instead of throwing the dish away because the planned experiment had failed, he isolated the mold, grew it in a fluid medium, and discovered a substance that prevented growth of the bacteria even when it was diluted 800 times. Discuss the discovery of penicillin using the terminology and issues introduced in this chapter.

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