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Sir Alexander Fleming, a Scottish physician and microbiologist, made an indelible contribution to British heritage through his groundbreaking discovery of penicillin. Born on August 6, 1881, in Ayrshire, Scotland, Fleming's legacy is defined by his pioneering work in the field of antibiotics, which revolutionized medicine and saved countless ...
Alexander Fleming’s research and the discovery of Penicillin. Alexander Fleming was a scientist who was working on staphylococci. These are the germs that make wounds go septic. Whilst cleaning the culture dishes one day he saw a mould growing on one of the plates. This in itself was not unusual, but on this occasion there were no germs ...
Alexander Fleming was working with the bacterium S. aureus when he discovered penicillin. he had cultured the bacteria on agar plates, one of which then become contaminated with a mold. he noticed that the s. aureus did not grow immediately next to the mold. after analyzing this observation, he went on to show that...
1881 - 1955. Alexander Fleming was born in a remote, rural part of Scotland. The seventh of eight siblings and half-siblings, his family worked an 800-acre farm a mile from the nearest house. The ...
Sir Alexander Fleming, (born Aug. 6, 1881, Lochfield, Ayr, Scot.—died March 11, 1955, London, Eng.), Scottish bacteriologist. While serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps in World War I, he conducted research on antibacterial substances that would be nontoxic to humans. In 1928 he inadvertently discovered penicillin when he noticed that a ...
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Sep 27, 2018 · Alexander Fleming is pictured here in his laboratory at St Mary's Hospital in London on 2 October 1943 One day, he went on holiday. When he returned to his laboratory, he discovered something very ...
