The person in charge of the Biological Research Lab is Alexander Fleming, a Briton of Australasian descent in his early 30s.
Four years ago, Fleming was invited to Australasia along with his ntor Wright and beca an honorary professor of biology at the Australasia National University, where he conducted research in biochemistry.
Arthur had not forgotten this expert who discovered penicillin; after the establishnt of the dical group, Arthur imdiately appointed Fleming as the head of the largest biological research lab under his dical group, where he would work on immunopharmacological research.
This research direction, like his ntor Wright, is also currently Fleming's area of expertise.
As penicillin holds significant aning for humanity, Arthur had conducted so research on the history of its discovery.
If Arthur rembers correctly, the discovery of penicillin involved many coincidences. Ti, temperature, and cultivation environnt were all crucial factors.
However, Arthur also rembers the discovery process of lysozy. After reminding Fleming, he asked him to research antibacterial and immunological thods to prevent wound infections, and to create a vaccine or dicine to reduce the current risk of infection.
In order to expedite the developnt of penicillin, Arthur invested heavily.
Since the discovery of penicillin was so coincidental, he increased the number of experints to push for the discovery of penicillin by chance.
For Fleming's research, Arthur has invested over 4 million Australian dollars in four years, employing hundreds of biologists, professors, and research workers, conducting a large number of experints and research.
Hard work pays off; on January 9, 1915, Arthur finally received news that Fleming had discovered penicillin.
Research on penicillin had many twists and turns. Firstly, lysozys had to be discovered. Fortunately, Arthur rembered the process of discovering lysozys quite clearly. Thus, lysozys were discovered more than three years ago.
However, lysozys were still far from penicillin. After more than three years of research and nurous experints, penicillin was finally discovered.
There must be several conditions in place for discovering penicillin. First, unidentified penicillium spores must fall into a staphylococcus culture dium.
Second, the culture dium must be placed at room temperature rather than the optimum growth environnt of 37 degrees Celsius for staphylococcus.
Third, the climate environnt of Australasia. It is worth noting that in early December, the weather in Australasia is not hot, even quite cool, making it very suitable for the growth and maturation of penicillium and the production of penicillin.
By mid to late December, the temperature had risen significantly, making it more conducive for staphylococcus to grow rapidly. This led to the phenonon of bacterial lysis, prompting Fleming to discover penicillin in the culture dium, which caused the lysis phenonon.
Upon Arthur's arrival at the research lab of the dical group, Fleming was still imrsed in his research.
Fleming had a down-to-earth, silent, and unpretentious personality.
Even after completing Arthur's task and discovering penicillin, he showed no excessive joy and continued to imrse himself in his research.
Arthur did not disturb Fleming's research, but watched his operations with great interest from the side.
After an unknown period of ti, Fleming finished his operations and was about to remove his gloves and wash his hands when he noticed Arthur standing nearby. He quickly straightened up and was about to salute and greet him when Arthur stopped him.
"It's alright, Mr. Fleming, continue your research. Your contribution to the discovery of penicillin is indeed great. Once penicillin has been completely separated and purified, everyone in the lab will have made a significant contribution. Mr.
Fleming, please bear with for a while; once penicillin can be mass-produced, I will personally celebrate with you and the other experts in the lab!" Arthur waved his hand to stop Fleming's salute and spoke with a smile.
In the original history, it took more than ten years for penicillin to be discovered and put into use.
This included Fleming not properly recognizing the role of penicillin and not conducting extensive research, as well as the difficulties of separating and purifying penicillin.
Scientific research relies not only on ability but also on a little bit of luck.
The discovery of penicillin was a coincidence, and its purification is actually the result of both hard work and coincidence.
Separating and purifying penicillin requires several steps. First, isolate the bacteria strains to increase penicillin production.
Second, extract penicillin crystals, identify mold that provides more penicillin, and develop culture dia for producing penicillium.
Once the culture dia is prepared, large amounts of penicillium can be produced. With large amounts of penicillium, massive amounts of penicillin can be purified, allowing penicillin to be mass-produced.
As for the application of penicillin, Fleming plans to start detailed research.
At present, it is certain that penicillin has good antibacterial properties. However, for wound infections and various types of bacterial infections, a large number of experints are needed to ensure that penicillin does not cause significant harm to the human body and can be comrcially used as a drug.
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