Talk:Penicillin
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Discovery
The antibiotic properties of penicillin had been researched for more than a decade in Clodomiro Picado's laboratory before Fleming's fortuitous "discovery." I ask that you please correct the information or at least add a comment making it clear that there are "two discoverers" of penicillin.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-53953810 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Consumer999 (talk • contribs) 21:53, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
- That's why we have the article History of penicillin, where he's already mentioned. Adding him to this article would be undue weight per medical reliable sources. Graham87 (talk) 05:41, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
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change description of penicillin's discovery to include words 'by chance'. the reference in support of this edit suggestion is: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5403050/ 49.181.238.198 (talk) 00:21, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Dubious tag
- Penicillin V (phenoxymethylpenicillin) is produced by adding the precursor phenoxyacetic acid to the medium in which a genetically modified strain[dubious – discuss] of the penicillium fungus is being cultured.
Why does this have a dubious tag? Is it because strictly speaking the strain doesn't have to be genetically modified? In practice most biologics are produced by GMOs. No pharmaceutical company producing Penicillin V at industrial scale is going to use a naturally occurring strain of Penicillium chrysogenum. I can't read the mind of who put the tag though so I don't know how to address their concerns. ເສລີພາບ (talk) 05:33, 31 August 2025 (UTC)