When mold fungus spores reach the air ... you might wonder if that means you could have a penicillin allergy or food allergies, too. An environmental mold allergy is unlikely to increase your ...

Benji Jones: You could say there are two types of mold: the good and the bad. Penicillium notatum, for example, gave rise to the drug penicillin. Which, by some estimates, has saved at least 200 ...

The flowerlike structures are the fruiting bodies (2), which produce tiny, spherical spores called conidia that are used in reproduction ... Alexander Fleming’s identification of the healing ...

As a result, enough mould was grown to extract enough penicillin to treat the first humans with this 'wonder drug.' Today we know more about the downsides of antibiotics, but penicillin still ...

Mould spores are found everywhere, and are released in their thousands into the atmosphere. Signs of mould at home include fuzzy black, white or green patches on the walls, and a damp and musty smell.

The samples were then cultivated for six to eight days at 25 degrees to determine mold spore numbers and types. The findings showed that the area of tiptoes are the most polluted with a staggering ...