Small World Initiative Research Project
Location
CoLab, OCB 100
Start Date
27-4-2018 10:30 AM
Document Type
Poster
Description
The discovery of antibiotics changed the world. Throughout the years antibiotics have become more and more common and as a result, life expectancy has increased. However, due to the indiscriminate use of these medications we have made the very thing we are fighting stronger. Antibiotic resistant bacteria are becoming more and more prevalent in the world today and we are fast approaching a time like that of the pre-antibiotic world. Our goal, working with the Small World Initiative, is to discover antibiotic producing bacteria in soil samples taking from around our city. We isolated candidates with antibiotic potential and tested them against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria for activity. Metabolic testing and sequencing will confirm the identity of the antibiotic producing candidate.
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Small World Initiative Research Project
CoLab, OCB 100
The discovery of antibiotics changed the world. Throughout the years antibiotics have become more and more common and as a result, life expectancy has increased. However, due to the indiscriminate use of these medications we have made the very thing we are fighting stronger. Antibiotic resistant bacteria are becoming more and more prevalent in the world today and we are fast approaching a time like that of the pre-antibiotic world. Our goal, working with the Small World Initiative, is to discover antibiotic producing bacteria in soil samples taking from around our city. We isolated candidates with antibiotic potential and tested them against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria for activity. Metabolic testing and sequencing will confirm the identity of the antibiotic producing candidate.
Comments
The faculty supervisor for this project was Melissa Beaty, Biology.