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Rank the following events in the development of antimicrobial drugs in chronological order. Mice treated with the dye Prontosil red were protected against pathogenic Staphylococci and Streptococci. Salvarsan was first used against Treponema pallidum, that causes syphilis. A new antibiotic produced by Streptomyces griseus was discovered by Waksman. Alexander Fleming rediscovered the antibacterial properties of penicillin.

          Rank the following events in the development of antimicrobial drugs in chronological order.

Mice treated with the dye Prontosil red were protected against pathogenic Staphylococci and Streptococci.
Salvarsan was first used against Treponema pallidum, that causes syphilis.
A new antibiotic produced by Streptomyces griseus was discovered by Waksman.
Alexander Fleming rediscovered the antibacterial properties of penicillin.

Rank the following events in the development of antimicrobial drugs in chronological order.

Mice treated with the dye Prontosil red were protected against pathogenic Staphylococci and Streptococci.
Salvarsan was first used against Treponema pallidum, that causes syphilis.
A new antibiotic produced by Streptomyces griseus was discovered by Waksman.
Alexander Fleming rediscovered the antibacterial properties of penicillin.

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Rank the following events in the development of antimicrobial drugs chronologically: The discovery of the antibiotic produced by Streptomyces griseus by Waksman. Alexander Fleming rediscovered the antibacterial properties of penicillin. Salvarsan was first used against Treponema pallidum, which causes syphilis. Mice treated with the dye Prontosil red were protected against pathogenic Staphylococci and Streptococci.