Location
OCB 100
Start Date
28-4-2022 10:30 AM
Document Type
Poster
Description
With antibiotic resistance on the rise, it is our job to help find new antibiotic options to save lives. We looked no further than the ground we walk across to discover new antimicrobials in the soil. We took the soil samples and diluted them to find zones of inhibition. We put the bacterial through strenuous testing against safe relatives of the ESKAPE pathogens. As we weeded out the weak from the strong. Further testing was needed to identify the organisms with metabolic testing and sequencing. We are hopeful to find a candidate that can lead pharmaceutical companies in the right direction in producing a new antibiotic.
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Dirt Don't Hurt
OCB 100
With antibiotic resistance on the rise, it is our job to help find new antibiotic options to save lives. We looked no further than the ground we walk across to discover new antimicrobials in the soil. We took the soil samples and diluted them to find zones of inhibition. We put the bacterial through strenuous testing against safe relatives of the ESKAPE pathogens. As we weeded out the weak from the strong. Further testing was needed to identify the organisms with metabolic testing and sequencing. We are hopeful to find a candidate that can lead pharmaceutical companies in the right direction in producing a new antibiotic.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Melissa Beaty, Biology .