How do we get penicillin from mold today?

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So many of us are aware that penicillin comes from mold, but the mold isnt pure penicillin. You cant ball it up and eat copious amounts to cure bacterial infections.

How they get this blue-green fuzz and extract just the medicine from it? How do scientists know what theyre extracting in general?

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The original penicillin was excreted from the mold. Now days penicillin is manufactured in laboratory from chemicals not taken from mold anymore.

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