Born 6 Aug 1881; died 11 Mar 1955 at age 73.

Born 6 Aug 1881; died 11 Mar 1955 at age 73.

#Scottish #bacteriologist who discovered #penicillin. In 1928, while working on #influenza virus, he observed that #mould had developed accidently on a #staphylococcus culture plate and that the mould had created a #bacteria-free circle around itself. He experimented further and he found that a mould culture prevented growth of staphylococci, even when diluted 800 times. The active substance, which he named penicillin, initiated the highly effective practice of #antibiotic therapy for #infectious diseases. Fleming shared the #NobelPrize for Physiology or #Medicine in 1945 with Ernst Boris Chain and Howard Walter Florey, who both (from 1939) continued #Fleming's work. He is regarded as the #FatherofAntibiotics.

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