Start Date
27-4-2023 12:00 PM
Document Type
Poster
Description
Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem in the United States and worldwide. Antibiotics have been deemed unprofitable by big pharmaceutical companies, therefore they have stopped their search to find new antibiotics. That’s where my project comes in. I collected a soil sample from my family's garden in hopes to find candidates that could potentially inhibit safe relatives to common bacteria. I had two solid candidates that inhibited all of the bacteria, SM1 and SM8. There was only one of my candidates, SM8, that was a pure culture. That being said, it was the only candidate that on its own inhibited all the bacteria. It is unknown if it could be a potential new antibiotic, but it will undergo further investigation to conclude.
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Antibiotic Resistance From a Soil Sample
Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem in the United States and worldwide. Antibiotics have been deemed unprofitable by big pharmaceutical companies, therefore they have stopped their search to find new antibiotics. That’s where my project comes in. I collected a soil sample from my family's garden in hopes to find candidates that could potentially inhibit safe relatives to common bacteria. I had two solid candidates that inhibited all of the bacteria, SM1 and SM8. There was only one of my candidates, SM8, that was a pure culture. That being said, it was the only candidate that on its own inhibited all the bacteria. It is unknown if it could be a potential new antibiotic, but it will undergo further investigation to conclude.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Heather Seitz, Biology.