Start Date
27-4-2023 10:30 AM
Document Type
Poster
Description
Antibiotic resistant pathogens are a growing concern, increasing the risk to human health despite the new discoveries of antibiotics. Micro-organisms found in soil can help in producing such antibiotics. Here, I screened a soil sample from my garden to isolate microbes that can potentially be used in making antibiotics against resistant pathogens. From my screening, I found one candidate that inhibited Staphylococcus epidermidis which is a safe relative of one of the ESKAPE pathogen.
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Potential Candidate for a New antibiotic Against Resistant Pathogens
Antibiotic resistant pathogens are a growing concern, increasing the risk to human health despite the new discoveries of antibiotics. Micro-organisms found in soil can help in producing such antibiotics. Here, I screened a soil sample from my garden to isolate microbes that can potentially be used in making antibiotics against resistant pathogens. From my screening, I found one candidate that inhibited Staphylococcus epidermidis which is a safe relative of one of the ESKAPE pathogen.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Jamie Cunningham, Biology.