Illinois Now Has an Official State Microbe. Why?
Patty Wetli | June 1, 2021 1:51 pm Andrew Moyer, in his Peoria laboratory, discovered the process for mass producing penicillin. (Credit: The Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture) Illinois has a state pie (pumpkin), a state mineral (fluorite) and a state exercise (cycling). Now it has an official state microbe. Thanks to our sponsors: By unanimous vote, Penicillium rubens (strain NRRL 1951) was added to the State Designation Act during the latest legislative session. Though it may have been one of the quirkier bills passed by the General Assembly, the design...
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