What’s Growing in Our Soil? The Search for New Antibiotics
Location
CoLab, COM 152
Start Date
30-4-2026 9:30 AM
Document Type
Poster
Description
Soil is an excellent resource for finding antibiotics. In this project, soil samples are used to search for bacteria that could inhibit the growth of ESKAPE pathogen safe relatives. Finding new antibiotics is important to help improve health care, especially to fight antibiotic resistance. Some of the soil bacteria that were isolated inhibited the growth of Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus epidermidis screening plates, showing antimicrobial activity. These results highlight the antibiotic potential of soil microorganisms.
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What’s Growing in Our Soil? The Search for New Antibiotics
CoLab, COM 152
Soil is an excellent resource for finding antibiotics. In this project, soil samples are used to search for bacteria that could inhibit the growth of ESKAPE pathogen safe relatives. Finding new antibiotics is important to help improve health care, especially to fight antibiotic resistance. Some of the soil bacteria that were isolated inhibited the growth of Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus epidermidis screening plates, showing antimicrobial activity. These results highlight the antibiotic potential of soil microorganisms.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Melissa Beaty.