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Question : Some discoveries are made unexpectedly. a. What is it known as ? b. Give one example. |
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Answer» SOLUTION :a. Serendipity b. Discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming. He was working on staphylococci BACTERIA. He once observed that in a contaminated CULTURE PLATE this bacteria did not grow. He came to a conclusion that it was due to a chemical produced by the blue-green MOULD. Hence named penicillin because it was found from blue green mould penicillium natatum. |
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