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The first antibiotic to be discovered was:

AStreptomy
BTetracycl
CErythromy
DPenicillin
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Penicillin
1. Its discovery was famously a matter of chance. 2. It came from a mould growing on a culture plate. 3. That antibiotic was Penicillin. 4. So the answer is Penicillin. _Source: NCERT Class 12 Biology, Ch 8 'Microbes in Human Welfare'_
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