Alexander Fleming Flashcards
1
Q
When was Alexander Fleming born?
A
August 6 1881
2
Q
What was Alexander Fleming‘s job?
A
He was a Scottish bacteriologist.
3
Q
What did Alexander Fleming discover?
A
He discovered penicillin.
4
Q
When did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin?
A
He discovered penicillin in 1928.
5
Q
What did Alexander Fleming receive for discovering penicillin?
A
He received a Nobel Prize for Physiology.
6
Q
How did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin?
A
He found it on a plate of bacteria that he was working on. The penicillin had killed the bacteria.
7
Q
What did Alexander Fleming first call the penicillin?
A
He first called it ‘mould juice’.
