Fleming observes lysis around a Penicillium colony
Returning to his laboratory at St Mary's Hospital, London, Alexander Fleming finds a discarded staphylococcus plate contaminated by a mould, with the bacterial colonies dissolved in a halo around it. He publishes the observation the following year. Nothing therapeutic follows for twelve years.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Alexander Fleming · person · United Kingdom · not located
- Antibiotics · technology · Britain first; now global · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
On the antibacterial action of cultures of a Penicillium, with special reference to their use in the isolation of B. influenzae
Supports Fleming's 1928 observation and its 1929 publication. V55 verification basis: not retrieved in this session; the page range is deliberately omitted because the producer could not confirm it.
British Journal of Experimental Pathology · 1929 · Partly verified
Fleming A., British Journal of Experimental Pathology, vol. 10, 1929
Recorded on Alexander Fleming
- Fleming observes lysis around a Penicillium colony
- The first patient is treated with penicillin at Oxford
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