The Hunt for Hope

New antibiotic discoveries have become scarce in the past couple of decades. As well as antibiotic resistance being on the rise, we are in dire need than ever to find more antibiotics. To help improve and progress the discoveries, I have collected soil from a more rural location in hopes of finding new antibiotics. My soil was collected just south of Osawatomie, Kansas on the bank of a wooded creek. I have screened multiple soil candidates for their antibiotic activity. I slowly have narrowed down potential antibiotic producing candidates, using genetic and metabolic approaches. I hope this research helps find a new antibiotic in the soil.