The Power of Inhibition
Start Date
27-4-2023 1:30 PM
Document Type
Poster
Description
The presence of inhibition takes place at a microscopic level. It all starts when microorganisms that thrive in the soil produce and secrete antibiotics. Antibiotic production is important because it leads to inhibition and exhibits the potential of a microorganism to kill or inhibit the growth of another organism. The secretion of antibiotics produced by microorganisms can help humans discover new antibiotics as well as help patients fight infections that have developed immunity to a specific antibiotic. Using aseptic technique microorganisms were isolated from my garden bed to obtain soil sample candidates. I was able to isolate 15 potential candidates all with the same convex and circular morphology. Ultimately, candidate number fourteen, Jackrabbit, was the only candidate to show clear signs of inhibition against four “safe relatives” of ESKAPE pathogens: Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas putida, Acinetobacter baylyi.
The Power of Inhibition
The presence of inhibition takes place at a microscopic level. It all starts when microorganisms that thrive in the soil produce and secrete antibiotics. Antibiotic production is important because it leads to inhibition and exhibits the potential of a microorganism to kill or inhibit the growth of another organism. The secretion of antibiotics produced by microorganisms can help humans discover new antibiotics as well as help patients fight infections that have developed immunity to a specific antibiotic. Using aseptic technique microorganisms were isolated from my garden bed to obtain soil sample candidates. I was able to isolate 15 potential candidates all with the same convex and circular morphology. Ultimately, candidate number fourteen, Jackrabbit, was the only candidate to show clear signs of inhibition against four “safe relatives” of ESKAPE pathogens: Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas putida, Acinetobacter baylyi.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Heather Seitz, Biology.