Start Date
27-4-2023 9:00 AM
Document Type
Poster
Description
The increase in antibiotic resistance has proven to be an increasingly alarming issue that has spread across the world. New antibiotics are being discovered and researched, which are needed to combat antibiotic resistance. Previously, microbes would secrete antibiotics that would prevent pathogens from destroying the bacteria. Through continued use of these antibiotics, the viruses and pathogens have begun to resist the antibiotics after constant exposure. In this study, I used several methods in identifying the bacteria that would grow in the soil of my own backyard. These methods include gram, acid-fast, and spore staining, serial dilutions, streak plating for isolation, Polymerase Chain Reaction, and gel electrophoresis. Through these procedures, one candidate was found that has been able to resist several different pathogens. This candidate has been found to be a gram positive, bacillus shaped microbe.
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Properties of Candidate 10 in the Formation of Antibiotics
The increase in antibiotic resistance has proven to be an increasingly alarming issue that has spread across the world. New antibiotics are being discovered and researched, which are needed to combat antibiotic resistance. Previously, microbes would secrete antibiotics that would prevent pathogens from destroying the bacteria. Through continued use of these antibiotics, the viruses and pathogens have begun to resist the antibiotics after constant exposure. In this study, I used several methods in identifying the bacteria that would grow in the soil of my own backyard. These methods include gram, acid-fast, and spore staining, serial dilutions, streak plating for isolation, Polymerase Chain Reaction, and gel electrophoresis. Through these procedures, one candidate was found that has been able to resist several different pathogens. This candidate has been found to be a gram positive, bacillus shaped microbe.
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The faculty mentor for this project was Angela Consani, Biology.