Penicillin mould created by Alexander Fleming sells for over $14,000

Auction house Bonham’s sold the microbes, which were instrumental in the discovery of the world’s first antibioticThe 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 microbes was first created by Alexander Fleming to make penicillin, a revolutionary discovery that brought the world its first antibiotic. Bonham’s sold the mould on Wednesday during an auction in London. Relat