Question : Waksman got the Nobel Prize for the Discovery of:
Option 1: Streptomycin
Option 2: Choloromycetin
Option 3: Neomycin
Option 4: Penicillin
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Correct Answer: Streptomycin
Solution : The correct option is - Streptomycin
For his successful studies of the soil microbes," which helped discover streptomycin, Waksman won the Nobel Prize in 1952. Waksman's discovery of streptomycin led to him being referred to as "one of the greatest benefactors to mankind" during the presentation of his Nobel Prize. It is an antibiotic aminoglycoside. It is applied to the treatment of specific bacterial infections.
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