Penicillin mould created by Alexander Fleming sells for over $14,000
by Staff and agencies from on (#2ECSC)
Auction house Bonham's sells mould which was instrumental in the discovery of the world's first antibiotic
The international auction house Bonham's has sold a small, patchy disc of mould for $14,597 (11,863).
The off-white, nearly 90-year-old swatch of mould was first created by Alexander Fleming to make penicillin, a revolutionary discovery that brought the world its first antibiotic.