Location
OCB 100
Start Date
28-4-2022 10:30 AM
Document Type
Poster
Description
There is a growing concern for antibiotic resistance drugs in today's society. Researchers must continue searching for new antibiotics to combat this health crisis. My classmates and I collected soil samples from around our houses for a new species of antibiotic-producing bacteria. Soil microbes have played a massive role in creating antibiotics to help treat infections. We have been using microbes since 1943 when we discovered penicillin on a moldy melon. I collected my soil sample from beside my driveway in Leawood, Kansas. After completing the serial dilution and three master plates, I narrowed it down to one candidate #7 named Karly. Karly has shown signs of inhibition on all tested Safe Relatives. Showing the Greatest inhibition with Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Enterobacter aerogenes, Acinetobacter baylyi, Enterococcus faecalis.
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Candidate #7
OCB 100
There is a growing concern for antibiotic resistance drugs in today's society. Researchers must continue searching for new antibiotics to combat this health crisis. My classmates and I collected soil samples from around our houses for a new species of antibiotic-producing bacteria. Soil microbes have played a massive role in creating antibiotics to help treat infections. We have been using microbes since 1943 when we discovered penicillin on a moldy melon. I collected my soil sample from beside my driveway in Leawood, Kansas. After completing the serial dilution and three master plates, I narrowed it down to one candidate #7 named Karly. Karly has shown signs of inhibition on all tested Safe Relatives. Showing the Greatest inhibition with Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Enterobacter aerogenes, Acinetobacter baylyi, Enterococcus faecalis.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Jamie Cunningham, Biology .