Which U.S. wartime board put penicillin under an allocation system in July 1943?
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War Production Board
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Which U.S. wartime board put penicillin under an allocation system in July 1943?
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War Production Board
Which German-born biochemist was a key member of Florey's Oxford penicillin team?
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Ernst Chain
Fleming noted penicillin's usefulness for isolating which influenza-linked bacillus?
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Pfeiffer's bacillus
Which Irish botanist first identified Fleming's mould specimen as Penicillium rubrum?
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C. J. La Touche
What is the current scientific name of Fleming's original penicillin-producing mould?
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Penicillium rubens
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Fleming noted penicillin's usefulness for isolating which influenza-linked bacillus?
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Pfeiffer's bacillus
Which Irish botanist first identified Fleming's mould specimen as Penicillium rubrum?
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C. J. La Touche
What is the current scientific name of Fleming's original penicillin-producing mould?
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Penicillium rubens
What nickname was given to the high-yield NRRL 1951 mould strain?
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cantaloupe strain
Who experimented with deep-submergence penicillin production at NRRL?
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Kenneth Bryan Raper
Why did Florey shift early penicillin treatment toward children?
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smaller doses
Which Oxford doctor volunteered to find human trial cases for penicillin?
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Charles Fletcher
Which Belgian microbiologist described Penicillium rubens in 1923?
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Philibert Biourge