Alexander Fleming (1881-1955)

On the antibacterial action of cultures of a penicillium with special reference to their use in the isolation of B. influenzae

BRITISH JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY, VOL. X, No. 3.

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FIG. 1.—Photograph of a culture-plate showing the dissolution of staphylococcal
colonies in the neighbourhood of a penicillium colony.