Multiple choice

Name the fungi producing antibiotics.

  1. Penicillium expansum

  2. Penicillium digibatum

  3. Penicillium itallicum

  4. Penicillium notatum

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Penicillium notatum is the original fungus from which Alexander Fleming isolated penicillin in 1928, revolutionizing medicine. Other Penicillium species may produce different compounds, but notatum is famous for the first antibiotic discovery.