Penicilli n year of Dis cov ery: 1928 What Is It?

Fun Facts: Amer i can re search ers in Peoria, Il li nois, were able to de -
velop com mer cial pro duc tion of pen i cil lin first, be cause two of pen i cil -
lin’s fa vor ite foods turned out to be a strain of lo cal Il li nois corn and
rot 
ting can 
ta 
loupes, do 
nated by a Peoria mar 
ket. Those food bases
helped re search ers in crease their pro duc tion of pen i cil lin from 400 mil -
lion to over 650 bil lion units a month
More to Ex plore
More to Ex plore
Bankston, John. Al ex an der Flem ing and the Story of Pen i cil lin. Hockessin, DE:
Mitch ell Lane, 2001.
Birch, Beverly. Al ex an der Flem ing: Pi o neer with An ti bi ot ics. New York: Thomson
Gale, 2002.
Hantula, Rich ard. Al ex an der Flem ing. New York: Gareth Stevens, 2003.
Parker, Steve. Al ex an der Flem ing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2001.
Snedden, Rob ert. Sci en tists and Dis cov er ies. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2001.
Tocci, Salvatori. Al ex an der Flem ing: The Man Who Dis cov ered Pen i cil lin. Berke ley
Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2002.
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