Object Details
- referenced
- Fleming, Alexander
- Fleming, Alexander
- Description
- In September 1928, British bacteriologist Alexander Fleming found something unusual growing in his laboratory. Mold had contaminated a plate of Staphylococci, disease-causing bacteria. Where the mold had spread, the bacteria had disappeared.
- Further research revealed that the mold, Penicillium notatum, produced a substance harmful to microorganisms but relatively nontoxic to animals and humans. During World War II, British and American scientists expanded on Fleming's discovery to develop the powerful antibiotic penicillin.
- Credit Line
- Sir Alexander Fleming
- ca 1940s
- ID Number
- MG.M-06668
- catalog number
- M-06668
- accession number
- 198819
- Object Name
- Penicillin, Mold, Fleming's
- penicillin mold
- biological
- Other Terms
- Penicillin, Mold, Fleming's; Antibiotics; Biologicals; Drugs; Non-Liquid
- Physical Description
- Penicillium notatum (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/2 in x 2 in; x 1.27 cm x 5.08 cm
- overall: 3/8 in x 2 in; x .9525 cm x 5.08 cm
- Related Publication
- Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
- National Museum of American History. Treasures of American History online exhibition
- Related Web Publication
- https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/treasures-american-history
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- National Treasures exhibit
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_730403
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-4ece-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
