From which fungus is penicillin obtained?

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(A) Penicillin was the first antibiotic discovered by Alexander Fleming. It is extracted from the fungus $Penicillium 	ext{ } notatum$. While other s

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Penicillium notatum

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(A) Penicillin was the first antibiotic discovered by Alexander Fleming. It is extracted from the fungus $Penicillium 	ext{ } notatum$. While other species like $Penicillium 	ext{ } chrysogenum$ are used for large-scale industrial production today, $Penicillium 	ext{ } notatum$ is the historically recognized source for the discovery of penicillin.

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