Class
Article
College
College of Science
Department
Biology Department
Faculty Mentor
Robert Schaeffer
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Abstract
Antibiotics are powerful drugs that combat previously fatal diseases. These miracle drugs have saved countless lives, but have the tendency to be misused. They are used incorrectly to treat patients who don't need them, and given to animals for non therapeutic use. Antibiotics are also known to pollute soils and groundwater all around the world (3). As antibiotics are found more readily in the environment, they encourage evolution, recombination, and dissemination of antibiotic resistant bacteria (5). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (6) antibiotic resistance kills at least 1.27 million people worldwide for diseases that used to be treatable. We need new antibiotics from novel bacteria. From locally collected soil, we isolated a bacterial species called Peribacillus simplex. We found that it contains 82 antibiotic-associated genes, including those related to antibiotic biosynthesis, and exhibits some antimicrobial properties (7). Our experiment works to explore the antibiotic properties of Peribacillus simplex against Staphylococcus.
Location
Logan, UT
Start Date
4-8-2025 10:30 AM
End Date
4-8-2025 11:20 AM
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Peribacillus simplex Does Not Exhibit Antimicrobial Properties Against Staphylococcus
Logan, UT
Antibiotics are powerful drugs that combat previously fatal diseases. These miracle drugs have saved countless lives, but have the tendency to be misused. They are used incorrectly to treat patients who don't need them, and given to animals for non therapeutic use. Antibiotics are also known to pollute soils and groundwater all around the world (3). As antibiotics are found more readily in the environment, they encourage evolution, recombination, and dissemination of antibiotic resistant bacteria (5). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (6) antibiotic resistance kills at least 1.27 million people worldwide for diseases that used to be treatable. We need new antibiotics from novel bacteria. From locally collected soil, we isolated a bacterial species called Peribacillus simplex. We found that it contains 82 antibiotic-associated genes, including those related to antibiotic biosynthesis, and exhibits some antimicrobial properties (7). Our experiment works to explore the antibiotic properties of Peribacillus simplex against Staphylococcus.