Soil Bacteria: A Source of Antibiotics Against Pathogens
Start Date
27-4-2023 1:30 PM
Document Type
Poster
Description
The emergence of antibiotic resistance has been a significant issue in healthcare settings, with many drugs or prescriptions no longer being effective against strains of bacteria that have gained resistance against them. This project’s purpose was to find bacterial candidates that are present in soil that could produce antibiotics against pathogens. This was done by performing serial dilutions on a sample of soil from Olathe and finding zones of growth inhibition around bacterial colonies. Candidates were transferred to a master plate and then tested against various safe relatives of ESKAPE pathogens. One of the candidates showed a zone of inhibition against the safe relative Enterococcus faecalis. It was chosen as the candidate for this project with the purpose of identifying it.
Soil Bacteria: A Source of Antibiotics Against Pathogens
The emergence of antibiotic resistance has been a significant issue in healthcare settings, with many drugs or prescriptions no longer being effective against strains of bacteria that have gained resistance against them. This project’s purpose was to find bacterial candidates that are present in soil that could produce antibiotics against pathogens. This was done by performing serial dilutions on a sample of soil from Olathe and finding zones of growth inhibition around bacterial colonies. Candidates were transferred to a master plate and then tested against various safe relatives of ESKAPE pathogens. One of the candidates showed a zone of inhibition against the safe relative Enterococcus faecalis. It was chosen as the candidate for this project with the purpose of identifying it.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Angela Consani, Biology.