began experimenting with the penicillin mold. They took it one step further than Fleming did: they did not just try it topically or in a petri dish, but injected it in live mice. With controlled ...

LONDON -- A medallion containing some of the original mold ... Fleming initially struggled to identify the exact strain of the fungus that created the bacteria-free circle in his petri dish ...

While experimenting on the disease-causing Staphylococcus aureus bacterium, the sharp-eyed Fleming noticed protective halos around some flecks of blue-green mold, which were inhibiting the ...

Fleming found mould growing in an experiment when he returned to his cramped lab after a stay at his country house. One petri dish was full of bacteria except for an area where mould was growing.

On this show it’s the turn of Sir Alexander Fleming, who describes how ... while he was away on holiday. A blob of mould had grown on a dirty dish in his lab. All around the mouldy blob, there ...