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Penicillium, from which an antibiotic is obtained, is a type of -

  • A.Bacteria
  • B.Virus
  • C.Algae
  • D.Fungus

Answer: D

Correct answer: Fungus

Penicillium is a mould, that is a filamentous fungus. Fleming noticed in 1928 that a colony of it contaminating a plate had killed the bacteria around it, and penicillin was the result.

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