Question

Who was the first person to discover an antibiotic?

• A. Rene Dubois
• B. Alexander Fleming
• C. Waksman
• D. Louis Pasteur

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Alexander Fleming

• The first antibiotic is generally associated with the name of Alexander Fleming when he discovered Penicillin from Penicillium notatum in 1928.

• Penicillium notatum did not allow the growth of Staphylococcus aureus.