Location
CoLab, OCB 100
Start Date
25-4-2024 12:00 PM
Document Type
Poster
Description
The discovery of penicillin was one of the most revolutionary breakthroughs of modern medicine. With the advent of antibiotics, doctors had tools to fight previously incurable bacterial infections. Unfortunately, the more these revolutionary drugs were used, the more bacteria began to acquire resistance to them. Antibiotic resistant infections now pose an ever growing threat to public health. It is more important now than ever to discover novel antibiotics. Since the soil is rich with competing microbes, it is the perfect environment to search for undiscovered antibiotic producing strains of bacteria. For my project, I have cultivated bacteria from a sample of local soil, in hopes to isolate a new strain of antibiotic producing bacteria.
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Antibiotic Activity in Soil Bacteria
CoLab, OCB 100
The discovery of penicillin was one of the most revolutionary breakthroughs of modern medicine. With the advent of antibiotics, doctors had tools to fight previously incurable bacterial infections. Unfortunately, the more these revolutionary drugs were used, the more bacteria began to acquire resistance to them. Antibiotic resistant infections now pose an ever growing threat to public health. It is more important now than ever to discover novel antibiotics. Since the soil is rich with competing microbes, it is the perfect environment to search for undiscovered antibiotic producing strains of bacteria. For my project, I have cultivated bacteria from a sample of local soil, in hopes to isolate a new strain of antibiotic producing bacteria.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Matthew Ducote, Biology.