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Alexander Fleming: Penicillin
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The improbable chain of events that led Alexander Fleming to discover penicillin in 1928 is the stuff of which scientific myths are made. Fleming, a young Scottish research scientist with a profitable side practice treating the syphilis infections of prominent London artists, was pursuing his pet theory — that his own nasal mucus had antibacterial effects — when he left a culture plate smeared with Staphylococcus bacteria on his lab bench while he went on a two-week holiday.
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This is where you ll see a reconstruction of Alexander Fleming's laboratory as it was in 1928. This is the birthplace of penicillin at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington and is designated as an international historic chemical landmark by the American Chemical Society and Royal Society of Chemistry. This place will tell you the story of the great discovery and its momentous consequences for the health of the world.
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Re-creating Alexander Fleming’s famous experiment that led to the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin, students intentionally contaiminate a steril broth culture with organisms from their own skin. They then grow and isolate bacteria from different colonies on sterile nutrient agar and place the colonies in a sterile broth to create a pure culture of each type of bacteria. After placing the pure cultures on sterile nutrient agar, students use a paper disk containing a known quantity of penicillin to test whether that particular bacteria is killed or is completely unaffected. Students gain an appreciation of the chance nature of Fleming’s discovery by noting that only some, but not all, bacteria are susceptible to the antibiotic penicillin. Developed by Michael Sulzinski. Includes instructions.
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Visit the birthplace of penicillin at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington where you can see a reconstruction of Alexander Fleming’s laboratory as it was when he made his world-changing discovery in 1928. The site has been designated an international historic chemical landmark by the American Chemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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