Penicillins

Penicillin is an antibiotic that was discovered in 1928. It is capable of killing many types of bacteria, including those that cause infections such as pneumonia, meningitis and festering wounds. Penicillium is the genus of organisms from which penicillins come. They have the form of a fungus, live on various surfaces such as soil, rocks and walls, and are capable of producing penicillin.

The first medicine obtained artificially was sodium penicillin. In 1941, English biologist Alexander Todd isolated a culture of Staphylococcus aureus and isolated a strain of bacteria that produces penicillinase (an enzyme that breaks down penicillin). He, together with a team of American scientists A. Todd and F. Erzin, developed a drug for the treatment