1. Penicillin was an accidental discovery. Sir Alexander Fleming observed that in unwashed culture plates of Staphylococcus, a mould Penicillium was growing This mould inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus . Latre the antibitic Penicillin was isolated from this fungus.

    Penicillin was an accidental discovery. Sir Alexander Fleming observed that in unwashed culture plates of Staphylococcus, a mould Penicillium was growing This mould inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus . Latre the antibitic Penicillin was isolated from this fungus.

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  2. Bacillus thuringiensis products are endotoxin which when ingested and released in the gut of the larvae of insect pest disrupts the insect gut lining thereby killing them.

    Bacillus thuringiensis products are endotoxin which when ingested and released in the gut of the larvae of insect pest disrupts the insect gut lining thereby killing them.

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