Location
CoLab, OCB 100
Start Date
25-4-2024 9:00 AM
Document Type
Poster
Description
Antibiotic resistant pathogens are increasing the risk to global human health in spite of the new discoveries of antibiotics. Microorganisms found in soil can help in producing such antibiotics. By screening a soil sample from a local park to isolate microbes that can potentially be used in making antibiotics against resistant pathogens. From these screenings, there was one candidate that inhibited Staphylococcus epidermidis which is a safe relative of one of the ESKAPE pathogens.
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Finding Antibiotic Microbes
CoLab, OCB 100
Antibiotic resistant pathogens are increasing the risk to global human health in spite of the new discoveries of antibiotics. Microorganisms found in soil can help in producing such antibiotics. By screening a soil sample from a local park to isolate microbes that can potentially be used in making antibiotics against resistant pathogens. From these screenings, there was one candidate that inhibited Staphylococcus epidermidis which is a safe relative of one of the ESKAPE pathogens.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Melissa Beaty, Biology.