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Which country did Florey and Heatley visit in June 1941 to seek large-scale penicillin production?
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United States
Fleming described his penicillin discovery to which club on 13 February 1929?
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Medical Research Club
In what year did penicillin become commercially available in the United States?
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1945
Where was Howard Florey sent in 1943 for penicillin field trials?
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North Africa
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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Fleming described his penicillin discovery to which club on 13 February 1929?
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Medical Research Club
Where was Howard Florey sent in 1943 for penicillin field trials?
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North Africa
Which U.S. wartime board put penicillin under an allocation system in July 1943?
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War Production Board
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