Bike Trail Bacteria
Location
CoLab, OCB 100
Start Date
27-4-2018 10:30 AM
Document Type
Poster
Description
In my project, I have picked soil off my neighborhood bike trail in order to find an antibiotic- producing bacterium that can kill or inhibit ESKAPE pathogens. The reason I chose to look for this bacterium in soil is because most of the antibiotics that have been discovered have been found in the soil. So far, in my project, I have found some good candidates. Meaning that my soil grew bacteria and formed a zone of inhibition. I have been testing a few of these bacterium that could possibly be an antibiotic by using antibiotic resistant agar plates. A few came back negative however, there is still more testing that needs to be done. Once I get back my results, I will move forward and identify what the bacterium is by using a staining technique and looking at it under a microscope, I will look at it’s DNA sequence and eventually run some metabolic or biochemical tests.
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Bike Trail Bacteria
CoLab, OCB 100
In my project, I have picked soil off my neighborhood bike trail in order to find an antibiotic- producing bacterium that can kill or inhibit ESKAPE pathogens. The reason I chose to look for this bacterium in soil is because most of the antibiotics that have been discovered have been found in the soil. So far, in my project, I have found some good candidates. Meaning that my soil grew bacteria and formed a zone of inhibition. I have been testing a few of these bacterium that could possibly be an antibiotic by using antibiotic resistant agar plates. A few came back negative however, there is still more testing that needs to be done. Once I get back my results, I will move forward and identify what the bacterium is by using a staining technique and looking at it under a microscope, I will look at it’s DNA sequence and eventually run some metabolic or biochemical tests.
Comments
The faculty supervisor for this project was Jon Kniss, Biology.