Pensacola was the first European-inhabited settlement in what would later become the United States of America. The first European settlement in the continental United States was Pensacola, which was established on Santa Rosa Island by conquistador Don Tristan tristÃ¡n De luna Y arellano in. 1559
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin from mold that contaminated a petri dish of Staphylococcus bacteria. Researchers at Oxford University experimented with the new mold that Alexander Fleming had discovered. Penicillin was actually discovered by mistake.
Some Penicillium species have shown potential for use in bioremediation, more specifically mycoremediation, because of their ability to break down a variety of xenobiotic compounds. Penicillium also prevents bacteria from affecting the body. The genus includes a wide variety of species molds that are the source molds of major antibiotics.