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What accident led Alexander Fleming to discover penicillin in 1928?
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Mold contaminating a bacteria dish killed the bacteria around it
Fleming noticed a Penicillium mold had cleared a ring in a Staphylococcus culture. It became the first widely used antibiotic after later work by others.
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