Title
Antimicrobial Resistance Found in Soil
Abstract
This semester we learned about the World Health Organization, the threat of antibiotic resistance and the Small World Initiative.
Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria recognize how the antibiotic works and creates a way to protect themselves, therefore the antibiotic is no longer useful and will not destroy the bacteria. Small World Initiative is an organization that encourages college students to participate in the development of new antibiotics from bacteria found in soil. During this research, several bacteria were chosen from a dilution that was done to the student’s choice of soil and then several tests were done to those bacteria. One type of test done to the bacteria were selective and differential media tests. Selective and differential tests such as MacConkey agar, Eosin Methylene Blue, and Mannitol Salt agar, helped to identify different characteristics of the students’ bacteria. A second type of test done were biochemical tests such as oxidase, MR/VP, SIM and citrate that helped to potentially identify the students’ bacteria. Overall, I enjoyed doing research and doing the different tests on my soil.
Poster
Mini Bio
My name is Erin Dougherty, and I am from Cressona, PA. I am a sophomore at Penn State Schuylkill, and I am majoring in nursing. I enjoyed doing this research and learned so much by doing all different kinds of tests on my soil.