MCQ
Streptomycin and actinomycin were discovered by:
- AWaksman
- BWoodruff
- CFleming and Waksman
- DWaksman and Woodruff
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Answer
- Waksman
Explanation:
Waksman and his students isolated more than fifteen antibiotics. Waksman identified the first true antibiotic. He observed an antibiotic in Actinomyces antibioticus, a member of the actinomycetes family. The microbe produced a substance, actinomycin. Actinomycin had both bacteriostatic and bactericidal properties.
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