everyday science MCQ #5590

Streptomycin was discovered by:

everyday science MCQ #5590

  1. Question 1

    Q1. Streptomycin was discovered by:

    • A) Alexander Fleming
    • B) S. A. Waksman
    • C) J. Salk
    • D) Louis Pasteur

    Answer: S. A. Waksman

    Explanation: Selman Abraham Waksman discovered streptomycin in 1943 from the soil bacterium Streptomyces griseus; it was the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis and earned him the Nobel Prize.