antibiotics in your backyard : locating antimicrobial plants in our environment
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Antibiotics in Your Backyard:Locating Antimicrobial Plants
in Our Environment
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Our ProjectWe tested many plants in our environment in order to locate these important antimicrobial
compounds. What We Were
Looking For Antibacterial compounds that kill or
inhibit the growth of prokaryotic cells.
Pesticidal compounds that kill organisms in the phylum annelidia, such as worms, and arthropodia, such as insects.
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Gram Positive Bacteria
Gram positive bacteria have cell walls made mostly of peptidoglycan
Bacteria are classified as either Gram positive or Gram negative based on different structural characteristics
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Gram Negative Bacteria
Gram negative bacteria have lipopolysaccharides, lipoprotiens and other macromolecules surrounding their peptidoglycan cell walls.
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Pediococcus and E.coli Bacteria BioassayDetects antibacterial compounds that kill or inhibit the growth of Gram positive bacteria and Gram negative bacteria
Pediococcus is
gram positive
E.coli is gram
negative
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Yeast BioassayDetects antifungal compounds that kill
or inhibit the growth of fungi. Bioassay Plates Used to locate antibacterial and antifungal compounds Contain media (food) for a certain bacteria or fungus
to grow
Samples of plants we hope will inhibit the growth of the microorganism are placed on hole punched filter paper.
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A Bioassay Plate
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ExtractionsHexane and ethanol extractionsOils partition into non polar hexaneProteins and sugars partition into polar ethanol
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Brine Shrimp BioassayDetects naturally occurring pesticides in plants
If a compound kills brine shrimp, it is likely to act as a pesticide and kill insects, and other pests
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Brine Shrimp Bioassay
We would have added plant extracts into petri dishes containing live brine shrimp.If the brine shrimp were dead the next day, we would have concluded that the plant contained pesticidal compounds
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Results
What We Found
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Bioassay Results We tested for antimicrobial compounds in plants in the environment.
The ethanol extraction of garlic killed yeast. Therefore, its proteins and sugars are antifungal.
Due to massive mentor error, we were unable to test St. John’s Wort flower successfully. If the experiment had gone as planned, its proteins and sugars would have show antibacterial properties.
One of our plants provided an odd substance that grew in media without bacteria. We tested it again and found that it killed Pediococcus bacteria, suggesting it is antibacterial. This substance was found in the ethanol layer extraction, meaning it is in the proteins and sugars of the plant.
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What’s Next?New antibioticsVarious pharmaceuticalsFood preservationIndustrial applicationsSafe and natural pesticides
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ConclusionThis week, we randomly tested
numerous plants located around the OSU campus. We found that the garlic killed the fungi and that the mysterious leaf (substance) killed Pediococcus.
There really are antibiotics in your own backyard. So save the environment.
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Acknowledgements
Rachel McKenna, Mentor, Bioengineering, high schoolLili Chu, Mentor, Bioengineering, Oregon State UniversityDr. Michelle Bothwell, Bioengineering, Oregon State University