Antibiotic Research
Start Date
27-4-2023 1:30 PM
Document Type
Poster
Description
The rapid growth of antibiotic resistant infection is a threat for human health. These bacterial infections caused by antibiotic resistant microbes highly demands an invention of resistible drugs that could reduce the infection itself and reduce the spread of the infection. In the long run, it is difficult to predict a clear mechanism for coexistence of both drug-sensitive and resistant strains intermediately because of the eco-evolutionary dynamics. Additionally, this antibiotic development field received less attention and less funds than other drug producing companies. In this research, I have taken a part of the antibiotic discovering community. This community works on discovering and doing studies on microbes, primarily form a soil source. The soil used for this research was collected from the backyard of senior living area found in Overland Park, Kansas. However, the soil collected did not produce any potential inhibitory chemical producing microbes. Hence, the soil collection was not successful in showing in any candidate that inhibited any of the six ESKAPE safe relatives pathogens. For this reason, the research of this paper proceeds to use a donated microbe that is discovered by a colleague of mine. This candidate microbe named ‘Can #5” showed inhibition Acinetobacter baylyi and Staphylococcus aureus.
Antibiotic Research
The rapid growth of antibiotic resistant infection is a threat for human health. These bacterial infections caused by antibiotic resistant microbes highly demands an invention of resistible drugs that could reduce the infection itself and reduce the spread of the infection. In the long run, it is difficult to predict a clear mechanism for coexistence of both drug-sensitive and resistant strains intermediately because of the eco-evolutionary dynamics. Additionally, this antibiotic development field received less attention and less funds than other drug producing companies. In this research, I have taken a part of the antibiotic discovering community. This community works on discovering and doing studies on microbes, primarily form a soil source. The soil used for this research was collected from the backyard of senior living area found in Overland Park, Kansas. However, the soil collected did not produce any potential inhibitory chemical producing microbes. Hence, the soil collection was not successful in showing in any candidate that inhibited any of the six ESKAPE safe relatives pathogens. For this reason, the research of this paper proceeds to use a donated microbe that is discovered by a colleague of mine. This candidate microbe named ‘Can #5” showed inhibition Acinetobacter baylyi and Staphylococcus aureus.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Heather Seitz, Biology.