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PENICILLIN

Penicillin (Penicillium) is a genus of ascomycetous fungi of the mildew group. Penicillium glaucum is a very common mould on bread and other articles of food. When grown in saccharine solutions it assumes a torula condition, giving rise to isolated cells, which, like those of yeast, excite alcoholic fermentation.
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