Upon examining some colonies of Staphylococcus aureus, Dr. Fleming noted that a mold called Penicillium notatum had contaminated his Petri dishes. After carefully placing the dishes under his ...

For many people, a bloom of mold symbolizes failure. But this small medallion of mold, its two dots of Penicillium notatum blossoming like fungal flowers frozen in eternal spring, represents an ...

This powerful new drug is derived from a fungus called Penicillium notatum. In 1929, this fungus, or mold, was an unwelcome in- truder into some staphylococcus cultures with which the English ...

Benji Jones: You could say there are two types of mold: the good and the bad. Penicillium notatum, for example, gave rise to the drug penicillin. Which, by some estimates, has saved at least 200 ...

The blue-green mold, Penicillium notatum, which excretes penicillin, has a laboratory rival. Last week a biochemical team led by Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud of the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical ...

Penicillium notatum is no exception, as we have obtained mutant 'sectors' in abundance following irradiation, and occasionally without irradiation. All 'sectors' isolated gave rise to mutant ...

LITTLE information is available to indicate whether the production of penicillin by Penicillium notatum is associated with the growth of hyphal tips, with the elongation of cells behind the ...

Producing usable penicillin from Penicillium notatum mold was no easy feat, says PBS: “In spite of efforts to increase the yield from the mold cultures, it took 2,000 liters of mold culture ...

But this small medallion of mold, its two dots of Penicillium notatum blossoming like fungal flowers frozen in eternal spring, represents an astounding success. It’s the mycelial spark that ...