To start off with,the person who is credited for discovering the bacteria is a bacteriologist named Alexander Fleming. He discovered the bacteria when he left his laboratory a mess and went on a vacation,when he came back he had found that his dishes had mold and their was one plate that caught his eyes which was a small clean circle spot with no mold on it at all.He did some experiments and finally found out it was bacteria free which later on became known as penicillin that rare spot he had found on his dish was called penicillin notatum. In the passage “Not So-Dumb Luck”it states “...the most compelling fact about penicillin is that it went on to save hundreds of thousands of lives during World War II,and has continued to forestall infectious diseases ever since.”
To start off with,the person who is credited for discovering the bacteria is a bacteriologist named Alexander Fleming. He discovered the bacteria when he left his laboratory a mess and went on a vacation,when he came back he had found that his dishes had mold and their was one plate that caught his eyes which was a small clean circle spot with no mold on it at all.He did some experiments and finally found out it was bacteria free which later on became known as penicillin that rare spot he had found on his dish was called penicillin notatum. In the passage “Not So-Dumb Luck”it states “...the most compelling fact about penicillin is that it went on to save hundreds of thousands of lives during World War II,and has continued to forestall infectious diseases ever since.”