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Who established the full potential of penicillin as an effective antibiotic?
ALouis Pasteur and Robert Koch
BErnest Chain and Howard Florey
CEdward Jenner and Joseph Lister
DSelman Waksman and Paul Ehrlich
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Ernest Chain and Howard Florey
Ernest Chain and Howard Florey showed much later that penicillin was an effective antibiotic.
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