Location
CoLab, OCB 100
Start Date
25-4-2024 9:00 AM
Document Type
Poster
Description
Antibiotic resistance is quickly becoming a rising global issue and an overall threat to public health as more microbes evolve to create difficult-to-treat illnesses that can be entirely resistant to antibiotics. To fight growing antibiotic resistance, the scientific community continues to search for new antimicrobials. The goal of this experiment is to find new antimicrobials from soil. A soil sample was collected in Kansas then serially diluted to be tested for antibiotic resistance . Candidates were found that showed inhibition to the antibiotic tester strains and then a PCR test was conducted.
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Antimicrobial Discovery: A Journey to Combat Antibiotic Resistance
CoLab, OCB 100
Antibiotic resistance is quickly becoming a rising global issue and an overall threat to public health as more microbes evolve to create difficult-to-treat illnesses that can be entirely resistant to antibiotics. To fight growing antibiotic resistance, the scientific community continues to search for new antimicrobials. The goal of this experiment is to find new antimicrobials from soil. A soil sample was collected in Kansas then serially diluted to be tested for antibiotic resistance . Candidates were found that showed inhibition to the antibiotic tester strains and then a PCR test was conducted.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Melissa Beaty, Biology.