The scientist who discovered the antibiotic streptomycin was: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The scientist who discovered the antibiotic streptomycin was:
A. Louis Pasteur
B. Alexander Fleming
C. Selman Waksman
D. Robert Koch
Answer: Option C
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Selman Waksman and his team isolated streptomycin from the soil bacterium Streptomyces griseus in 1943. It was the first effective antibiotic against tuberculosis. Fleming discovered penicillin, Pasteur developed rabies vaccine, Koch identified tuberculosis bacillus. Waksman coined the term 'antibiotic'.

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