Location
CoLab, OCB 100
Start Date
25-4-2024 10:30 AM
Document Type
Poster
Description
The overuse and misuse of antibiotics has contributed to the resistance of antibiotics. It is crucial for patients to learn the methods to efficiently take antibiotics in order to prevent antibiotic resistance. Researching for antimicrobials found in soil could help provide new safe and effective antibiotics for the healthcare community. In class, we grew our soil bacteria with the safe relatives of the ESKAPE pathogens to determine if soil microbes are producing a chemical that inhibits antibiotic resistant pathogens. Further testing was completed to identify the organism producing the antimicrobial as well.
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Poster Symposium
CoLab, OCB 100
The overuse and misuse of antibiotics has contributed to the resistance of antibiotics. It is crucial for patients to learn the methods to efficiently take antibiotics in order to prevent antibiotic resistance. Researching for antimicrobials found in soil could help provide new safe and effective antibiotics for the healthcare community. In class, we grew our soil bacteria with the safe relatives of the ESKAPE pathogens to determine if soil microbes are producing a chemical that inhibits antibiotic resistant pathogens. Further testing was completed to identify the organism producing the antimicrobial as well.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Melissa Beaty, Biology.