Start Date
27-4-2023 12:00 PM
Document Type
Poster
Description
Antibiotics Resistance has been giving scientists a run for their money for many centuries. As the expression states, it has been difficult to obtain antibiotics as bacteria tend to learn quickly on how to become resistant. In the quest to find microbes grown in soil, a sand soil sample was collected on a cold bleak day around a private community pond in Lenexa. The researcher hopes that sand is the overlooked soil as it tends to not have an environment to create as many bacteria in comparison to other soils. A master plate was then created with the sample collected, and a series of screenings against the safe relatives of the ESKAPE pathogens was done as well as a streak plate. The Sand Soil CAM had nine colonies and the researcher selected Soil Sand CAM 5 colony which morphology is flat, smooth entirely, white and round and inhibited the Enterobacter aerogenes. The researcher performed the staining techniques to visualize Sand Soil CAM and further identify the microorganism. These findings may be useful in the future when seeking alternative antibiotics and in the battle against antibiotic resistance.
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Sand CAM Soil Tackles Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotics Resistance has been giving scientists a run for their money for many centuries. As the expression states, it has been difficult to obtain antibiotics as bacteria tend to learn quickly on how to become resistant. In the quest to find microbes grown in soil, a sand soil sample was collected on a cold bleak day around a private community pond in Lenexa. The researcher hopes that sand is the overlooked soil as it tends to not have an environment to create as many bacteria in comparison to other soils. A master plate was then created with the sample collected, and a series of screenings against the safe relatives of the ESKAPE pathogens was done as well as a streak plate. The Sand Soil CAM had nine colonies and the researcher selected Soil Sand CAM 5 colony which morphology is flat, smooth entirely, white and round and inhibited the Enterobacter aerogenes. The researcher performed the staining techniques to visualize Sand Soil CAM and further identify the microorganism. These findings may be useful in the future when seeking alternative antibiotics and in the battle against antibiotic resistance.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Heather Seitz, Biology.