Alexander Fleming’s 1928 discovery of a mold with antibacterial properties was only the first serendipitous event on the long road to penicillin as a life-saving ... 9 Regardless of who initially ...

Scientists at the Ag Lab used a moldy cantaloupe from the farmer’s market in Peoria and mixed it with corn steep liquor. That ...

The strain of fungus that became the main producer worldwide of penicillin was isolated from a particularly fuzzy cantaloupe found at a local market by Fleming’s assistant, Mary Hunt, nicknamed “Moldy ...

Sean Newgent was born in Peoria, Illinois; a town best known for the moldy cantaloupe that inspired the scientists who invented penicillin. From there he lived in Tampa, Florida for many years ...