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Question
Write the scientific name of the organism Alexander Fleming worked on and discovered the first antibiotic.
Was the organism he worked on a fungus or a bacterium ?
Solution
Alexander Fleming worked on staphylococci bacteria and discovered first antibiotic penicillin.
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