*WILL MARK AS BRAINLIEST* How Penicillin Was Discovered
In 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming was studying Staphylococcus bacteria growing in culture dishes He
noticed that a mold called Penicillium was also growing in some of the dishes A clear area existed
around the mold because all the bacteria that had grown in this area had died in the culture dishes
without the mold, no clear areas were present
Fleming hypothesized that the mold must be producing a chemical thar killed the bacteria He decaded to
isolate this substance and test it to see if it would kill bactenie Fleming transferred the mold to a nutrient
broth solution. This solution contained all the materials the mold needed to grow. After the mold grow he
removed it from the nutrient broth Fleming then added the nutrient broth in which the mold had grown to
a culture of bacteria. He observed that the bacteria died
6. Identify the problem
7. What was Fleming's hypothesis?
8. How was the hypothesis tested?
9. Should the hypothesis be supported or rejected based on the experiment?
10. This experiment load to the development of what major medical advancement?