Start Date
28-4-2022 1:30 PM
Document Type
Poster
Description
Around the world, there is an increase of antibiotic resistant bacteria. This pressing issue is prevalent because the antibiotics we use today won’t continue to work in the future. Through the Tiny Earth Network (TEN), I am looking for environments rich with microbes so that I can find bacteria to inhibit a safer version of the world’s most well known antibiotic resistant bacteria (ESKAPE pathogens). To find a candidate, I used a sample size of soil, because soil is an untapped and often overlooked source full of microbes. During this project, I completed many procedures such as serial dilutions to be able to see bacteria colonies present and to get a plate count, and also created master plates of ideal candidates to screen. Since none of my candidates showed zones of inhibition, I adopted a candidate to run test screens against to find a safe relative that it can inhibit and study.
Searching for Antibiotics in Soil
Around the world, there is an increase of antibiotic resistant bacteria. This pressing issue is prevalent because the antibiotics we use today won’t continue to work in the future. Through the Tiny Earth Network (TEN), I am looking for environments rich with microbes so that I can find bacteria to inhibit a safer version of the world’s most well known antibiotic resistant bacteria (ESKAPE pathogens). To find a candidate, I used a sample size of soil, because soil is an untapped and often overlooked source full of microbes. During this project, I completed many procedures such as serial dilutions to be able to see bacteria colonies present and to get a plate count, and also created master plates of ideal candidates to screen. Since none of my candidates showed zones of inhibition, I adopted a candidate to run test screens against to find a safe relative that it can inhibit and study.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Jamie Cunningham, Biology.