# Penicillin --- **Penicillin** is an [[antibiotics|antibiotic]] that is effective against staphylococci and streptococci. It's a [[pharmacology|prototype drug]] and so there are a lot of other -cillins out there that are all similiar. **Ampicillin** is a penicillin that you see a lot too. >[!person] Alexander Felmming >**Alexander Flemming** was a Scottish bacteriologist that discovered peniciliin's antibacterial properties (somewhat on accident) and kicked off the antibiotic revolution. ___