Location
CoLab, OCB 100
Start Date
25-4-2024 6:00 PM
Document Type
Poster
Description
Over time antibiotic resistance has become worse and there are no new antibiotics surfacing. With the help of the earth’s soil, a search has begun to find new antibiotics. In the lab, different colonies of bacteria were isolated and tested against safe relatives to find antibiotic resistance. The bacterial colony named “Captain America” has shown resistance from a clay type soil sample in Belton, Missouri. The safe relatives that this colony is showing zones of inhibition with are Acinetobacter baylyi and Enterobacter aerogenes. With the help of the safe relatives, we will know if this chosen colony will show resistance against the infectious relatives, the ESKAPE pathogens.
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Hoping for New Antibiotics
CoLab, OCB 100
Over time antibiotic resistance has become worse and there are no new antibiotics surfacing. With the help of the earth’s soil, a search has begun to find new antibiotics. In the lab, different colonies of bacteria were isolated and tested against safe relatives to find antibiotic resistance. The bacterial colony named “Captain America” has shown resistance from a clay type soil sample in Belton, Missouri. The safe relatives that this colony is showing zones of inhibition with are Acinetobacter baylyi and Enterobacter aerogenes. With the help of the safe relatives, we will know if this chosen colony will show resistance against the infectious relatives, the ESKAPE pathogens.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Beverly Tanui, Biology.