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What did Alexander Fleming accidentally discover in 1928?
Penicillin
What practical applications of gene alignments are mentioned in the text?
Investigating antibiotic resistance
What did Alexander Fleming notice upon returning from a holiday in Suffolk in 1928?
Fungus contamination on a culture plate
What did the fungus create wherever it grew on the plate?
Bacteria-free zones
What did P. notatum prove to be extremely effective at, even at very low concentrations?
Preventing Staphylococcus growth
What was Alexander Fleming's accidental discovery in 1928?
Penicillin
What did the fungus create wherever it grew on the plate?
Bacteria-free zones
What was the practical effect of P. notatum, as observed by Alexander Fleming?
Extremely effective at very low concentrations
What did Alexander Fleming accidentally leave uncovered, leading to the discovery of penicillin?
Culture plate of Staphylococcus bacteria
What did Alexander Fleming notice upon returning from a holiday in Suffolk in 1928?
Fungus contamination on the culture plate
What did Alexander Fleming notice upon returning from a holiday in Suffolk in 1928?
A fungus had contaminated a culture plate of Staphylococcus bacteria he had accidentally left uncovered
What was the practical outcome of the accidental discovery made by Alexander Fleming?
The accidental discovery of a new antibiotic
What did the fungus create wherever it grew on the plate?
Bacteria-free zones
What was the key observation made by Alexander Fleming regarding the fungus contamination?
The fungus had created bacteria-free zones wherever it grew on the plate
What proved to be extremely effective at very low concentrations in preventing Staphylococcus growth?
P. notatum
Test your knowledge of gene alignments and their practical applications in investigating antibiotic resistance. Explore the value of aligning genes, familiarize yourself with web-based alignment tools, and understand the use of heuristic search in dealing with large amounts of sequence data.
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