Location
CoLab, OCB 100
Start Date
25-4-2024 9:00 AM
Document Type
Poster
Description
The rise of infectious diseases continues with new strains appearing. Scientists have found bacteria from soil samples to be efficient in creating antibiotics to help fight and prevent these illnesses. Most of the antibiotics used today are products from soil samples that have been taken and researched further. In our lab, we each collected our own soil sample to do a number of tests for antibiotic properties. I collected my silty soil sample from my front yard on January 31st, 2024 on a windy and chilly evening in De Soto, Kansas. With these results I found that candidate 2, also known as Case, inhibits Staphylococcus epidermidis and Bacillus subtilis. These tester strains are similar to dangerous pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus, which causes pneumonia or can infect the bloodstream. The antibiotic Case is producing potentially might be able to fight these kinds of infections.
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Case, The Chosen Child
CoLab, OCB 100
The rise of infectious diseases continues with new strains appearing. Scientists have found bacteria from soil samples to be efficient in creating antibiotics to help fight and prevent these illnesses. Most of the antibiotics used today are products from soil samples that have been taken and researched further. In our lab, we each collected our own soil sample to do a number of tests for antibiotic properties. I collected my silty soil sample from my front yard on January 31st, 2024 on a windy and chilly evening in De Soto, Kansas. With these results I found that candidate 2, also known as Case, inhibits Staphylococcus epidermidis and Bacillus subtilis. These tester strains are similar to dangerous pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus, which causes pneumonia or can infect the bloodstream. The antibiotic Case is producing potentially might be able to fight these kinds of infections.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Jaime Cunningham, Biology.