"A moldy cantaloupe in a Peoria, Illinois market in 1943 was found to contain the highest yielding strain of mold for penicillin production, after a worldwide search."
#wikifinds
@mallaidh that reminds me of how vancomycin was found by a nun in africa sending a soil sample back for research, iirc
@mallaidh that reminds me of how vancomycin was found by a nun in africa sending a soil sample back for research, iirc