Penicillin takes its name from the mould:

APenicillium

BAspergillus

CTrichoderma

DSaccharomyces

Answer & Solution

Correct answer: A. Penicillium

1. The antibiotic is named after the organism that makes it. 2. That organism is a mould, not a bacterium. 3. It is Penicillium notatum. _Source: syllabus Biology, Chapter 10, Microbes in Human Welfare._

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