Soil Source Solutions

One of the problems our world is facing today is a growing number of antibiotic resistant bacteria that are hard to treat. It is important to find new antibiotics that will work for this purpose. To search for these antibiotics I began by looking at soil microbes, as this is an abundant source of bacteria as well as previously found antibiotic producers. I have completed a number of protocols to find promising candidates and tested them in various ways. In my experiments I have found a promising candidate named Candidate #8 that has proven effective against two of the ESKAPE pathogens. Additional testing is being conducted and I look forward to sharing those results.