Bacterial Diversity in Soil
Location
CoLab, COM 197
Start Date
30-4-2026 10:45 AM
Document Type
Poster
Description
The recent rise in antibiotic resistant bacteria makes it hard for them to be treated with current medicines. My research focused on a soil sample I collected near a walking trail in Quivira from a wet spot. I tested several candidates against different types of bacteria.I used different safe relatives to see which gets inhibited. I serially diluted the sample to isolate twelve bacterial colonies .Out of all my samples, candidate 5 which I named peter, prevented growth of Enterococcus faecalis. Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium smegmatis. Candidate 5 is a good candidate for further chemical analysis. These results highlight soil as a promising source of new antimicrobial agents and biologically interesting microbes.
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Bacterial Diversity in Soil
CoLab, COM 197
The recent rise in antibiotic resistant bacteria makes it hard for them to be treated with current medicines. My research focused on a soil sample I collected near a walking trail in Quivira from a wet spot. I tested several candidates against different types of bacteria.I used different safe relatives to see which gets inhibited. I serially diluted the sample to isolate twelve bacterial colonies .Out of all my samples, candidate 5 which I named peter, prevented growth of Enterococcus faecalis. Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium smegmatis. Candidate 5 is a good candidate for further chemical analysis. These results highlight soil as a promising source of new antimicrobial agents and biologically interesting microbes.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Jamie Cunningham.