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Name the scientists who were credited for showing the role of Penicillin as an antibiotic?

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1921 but he was not credited for showing its role as an antibiotic.It was credited to Howard Florey and Ernst Chain. Their research enabled the testing and the production of penicillin on a commercial scale.


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