I find the Fleming’s story totally plausible—maybe he just used awkward wording ? He put a diluted Staphylococcus inoculum on the plate, (as is normal) with the intention to have the colonies grown after he returns from holiday. And when he returned from holiday, the colonies indeed did grow—except there was no growth, clear circle around the fungus. So he should have said, that colonies were absent around fungus, not destroyed—but is this imperfect wording so implausible ? Is the original text available somehere ?
I don’t care whether the window was open. The moulds find their way to appear on Petri dishes even if you believe you worked in a perfectly sterile way.
I find the Fleming’s story totally plausible—maybe he just used awkward wording ? He put a diluted Staphylococcus inoculum on the plate, (as is normal) with the intention to have the colonies grown after he returns from holiday. And when he returned from holiday, the colonies indeed did grow—except there was no growth, clear circle around the fungus. So he should have said, that colonies were absent around fungus, not destroyed—but is this imperfect wording so implausible ? Is the original text available somehere ?
I don’t care whether the window was open. The moulds find their way to appear on Petri dishes even if you believe you worked in a perfectly sterile way.