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Penicillin, the first antibiotic to be discovered, was obtained from the mould Penicillium notatum by

  1. APaul Ehrlich
  2. BGerhard Domagk
  3. CAlexander Fleming
  4. DLouis Pasteur

Answer: C

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1929. Ehrlich developed Salvarsan and Domagk discovered prontosil.
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