Who coined the term antibiotics?

Question

Who coined the term antibiotics? (A) Woodruff (B) Darwin (C) Selman Waksman (D) A Fleming

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Alexander Fleming (1929) discovered first antibiotic penicillin from Penicillium notatum. Selman Waksman (1945) coined the term antibiotic, he got Nobel Prize- A Fleming is regarded as "Father of Antibiotics".

Q. Who coined the term antibiotics?

Woodruff

Darwin

Selman Waksman

A Fleming

Alexander Fleming (1929) discovered first antibiotic penicillin from Penicillium notatum. Selman Waksman (1945) coined the term antibiotic, he got Nobel Prize- A Fleming is regarded as "Father of Antibiotics".