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On the Antibacterial Action of Cultures of a Penicillium

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Creators

  • Alexander Fleming, author

Canon Rationale

A major microbiology and medicine paper, included for penicillin discovery and the opening source for antibiotic-era biomedical history.

Evidence

  • citation context: Fleming, 'On the antibacterial action of cultures of a Penicillium...', British Journal of Experimental Pathology, 1929.
  • field survey: The Nobel Prize, penicillin medicine prize materials, 1945.

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Completion unit: read the full 1929 paper.

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