Discovering antibiotic producing bacteria
Location
CoLab, OCB 100
Start Date
27-4-2018 9:00 AM
Document Type
Poster
Description
Each year in the United States, at least 2 million people become infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics and at least 23,000 people die each year as a direct result of these infections (CDC). The purpose of this research was to discover if an individual soil sample collected contained antibiotic producing bacteria. Through serial dilution of solid isolation of antibiotic producing candidate metabolic studies will be used to identify organism and confirmation of organism identity will be done by sequencing. The master plate soon became 3 master plates, as some of the samples would grow on top of each other, making them unusable. Once I had my final plate, I was able to move onto antibiotic screening where I used E. coli and S. epidermidis.
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Discovering antibiotic producing bacteria
CoLab, OCB 100
Each year in the United States, at least 2 million people become infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics and at least 23,000 people die each year as a direct result of these infections (CDC). The purpose of this research was to discover if an individual soil sample collected contained antibiotic producing bacteria. Through serial dilution of solid isolation of antibiotic producing candidate metabolic studies will be used to identify organism and confirmation of organism identity will be done by sequencing. The master plate soon became 3 master plates, as some of the samples would grow on top of each other, making them unusable. Once I had my final plate, I was able to move onto antibiotic screening where I used E. coli and S. epidermidis.
Comments
The faculty supervisor for this project was Melissa Beaty, Biology.