Straining Dirt: Saving Lives
Location
CoLab
Start Date
3-5-2019 10:30 AM
End Date
3-5-2019 11:45 AM
Document Type
Poster
Description
Bacteria and mold have defense mechanisms that can be seen as a "zone of inhibition" when they produce antibiotics to keep competitors from growing in their space. These zones have been identified around a strain of the bacteria Brevibacillaus laterosporus when grown competitively with E. coli and Enterobacter aerogenes. This strain was previously isolated by a JCCC microbiology student. The goal of this research project, as part of the Tiny Earth initiative, is to extract and isolate the antibiotic produced by this bacterium.
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Straining Dirt: Saving Lives
CoLab
Bacteria and mold have defense mechanisms that can be seen as a "zone of inhibition" when they produce antibiotics to keep competitors from growing in their space. These zones have been identified around a strain of the bacteria Brevibacillaus laterosporus when grown competitively with E. coli and Enterobacter aerogenes. This strain was previously isolated by a JCCC microbiology student. The goal of this research project, as part of the Tiny Earth initiative, is to extract and isolate the antibiotic produced by this bacterium.
Comments
The faculty supervisor for this project was Melanie Harvey, Chemistry.