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: [[Alexander Fleming]] discovered penicillin after accidentally contaminating a [[Culture Medium|culture medium]] and noticing that [[bacteria]]l colonies would not grow near some mould colonies. The mould was known as 'Penicillium' so the [[chemical]] that was killing the [[bacteria]] was called Penicillin.
: [[Antibiotics]] work by damaging the [[Cell Wall|cell walls]] of some [[micro-organism]]s. Once the [[micro-organism]] is weakened the [[Immune System|immune system]] of the [[host]] [[organism]] can more easily kill the [[micro-organism]].
===References===
====AQA====
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====Edexcel====
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====OCR====
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