Penicillin: Discovery and Its Commercial Production
In this article we will discuss about the discovery and commercial production of penicillin. Discovery of Penicillin: Alexander Flemming discovered penicillin secretion by the mold Penicillium notatum in 1929. He reported that a contaminating colony of the fungus lysed adjacent colonies of staphylococci; but the lytic agent seemed too unstable to be useful. However, when Chain purified the active material, [...]