Start Date
27-4-2023 9:00 AM
Document Type
Poster
Description
Antibiotic resistance is becoming an ongoing issue in biotechnology and will quickly become one for almost everyone in the world. This is why I am using extensive reach to pull a bacteria from soil to see if it inhibits a known pathogen relative. We know that almost all antibiotics have come from soils all around the world. Finding a new Bacteria that shows inhibition and will become a new antibiotic is possible. I have used techniques such as serial dilution, master plates, and many challenge plates, to try and find a bacteria that is resistant to 8 known pathogen relatives. Koko showed inhibition on the last day possible. It inhibited Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Acinetobacter baylyi, Escherichia coli, and Mycobacterium smegmatis. It is yellowish, flat, smooth, entire, and irregular as a whole. Koko had to undergo stains such as a gram, spore, and acid-fast, and came negative to all but was shown to be gram positive. I am hopeful she will conquer the rest of testing and prove to be the next antibiotic that will change people's lives.
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Koko the Big Yellow Bacteria
Antibiotic resistance is becoming an ongoing issue in biotechnology and will quickly become one for almost everyone in the world. This is why I am using extensive reach to pull a bacteria from soil to see if it inhibits a known pathogen relative. We know that almost all antibiotics have come from soils all around the world. Finding a new Bacteria that shows inhibition and will become a new antibiotic is possible. I have used techniques such as serial dilution, master plates, and many challenge plates, to try and find a bacteria that is resistant to 8 known pathogen relatives. Koko showed inhibition on the last day possible. It inhibited Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Acinetobacter baylyi, Escherichia coli, and Mycobacterium smegmatis. It is yellowish, flat, smooth, entire, and irregular as a whole. Koko had to undergo stains such as a gram, spore, and acid-fast, and came negative to all but was shown to be gram positive. I am hopeful she will conquer the rest of testing and prove to be the next antibiotic that will change people's lives.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Angela Consani, Biology.