Start Date
27-4-2023 10:30 AM
Document Type
Poster
Description
Antibiotic research has become more scarce than it should be, especially in the hopes of fighting off and killing drug-resistant pathogens. Discovering new antibiotics is necessary in improving modern medicine and eliminating the threat to global health. Johnson County Community College (JCCC) has partnered with Tiny Earth Network (TEN) to crowd-source antibiotics from the soil of students’ own backyards and conduct experiments in an effort to find a potential new antibiotic. In this lab, I participated in the multiple step testing processes in which I have discovered two different bacteria from a soil sample. These bacteria have have thus far shown promising characteristics of a potential new antibiotic discovery.
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Finding Bacteria Possible of Being a New Antibiotic
Antibiotic research has become more scarce than it should be, especially in the hopes of fighting off and killing drug-resistant pathogens. Discovering new antibiotics is necessary in improving modern medicine and eliminating the threat to global health. Johnson County Community College (JCCC) has partnered with Tiny Earth Network (TEN) to crowd-source antibiotics from the soil of students’ own backyards and conduct experiments in an effort to find a potential new antibiotic. In this lab, I participated in the multiple step testing processes in which I have discovered two different bacteria from a soil sample. These bacteria have have thus far shown promising characteristics of a potential new antibiotic discovery.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Beverly Tanui, Biology.