The sample sold was one of the first created by Alexander Fleming, who discovered the antibacterial properties of penicillin mold in 1928. Sir Alexander Fleming at work in his laboratory ...

Sir Alexander Fleming labelled the fungus as "the mould which makes penicillin" Samples of penicillin mould, signed and inscribed by Sir Alexander Fleming, have been sold at auction. Labelled as ...

On this show it’s the turn of Sir Alexander Fleming, who describes how in 1928 he discovered penicillin, which kills some bacteria responsible for serious human infections. The most important ...

Well that's exactly what happened on 28 September 1928, when Sir Alexander Fleming, a Scottish microbiologist, found a substance called penicillin that transformed the history of medicine.