What type of bacteria did Fleming find were especially susceptible to penicillin?
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Gram-positive bacteria
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What type of bacteria did Fleming find were especially susceptible to penicillin?
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Gram-positive bacteria
What word did Fleming invent on 7 March 1929 for the antibacterial substance from Penicillium?
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penicillin
Which semisynthetic penicillin was introduced to clinical use in 1961?
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ampicillin
What acid was added to make strain Q-176 produce the highly potent penicillin G?
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phenylacetic acid
Which institution used X-rays on NRRL 1951 to create the penicillin-producing strain X-1612?
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Carnegie Institution of Washington
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Which semisynthetic penicillin was introduced to clinical use in 1961?
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ampicillin
What acid was added to make strain Q-176 produce the highly potent penicillin G?
Answer
phenylacetic acid
Which institution used X-rays on NRRL 1951 to create the penicillin-producing strain X-1612?
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Carnegie Institution of Washington
What corn-industry byproduct increased penicillin yield tenfold in Moyer and Heatley's work?
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corn steep liquor
Which woman recovered after receiving penicillin at Yale New Haven Hospital in March 1942?
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Anne Sheafe Miller
Which New York hospital treated the first U.S. penicillin patients in 1940?
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Presbyterian Hospital
What disease did the first two U.S. patients treated with penicillin have?
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bacterial endocarditis