Purpose: The purpose of this lab was to determine which of five common antibiotics would kill the Rhodococcus rhodochrous bacteria.
Hypothesis: Out of the five tested antibiotics, doxycycline will kill the most Rhodococcus rhodochrous because it is generally used to treat mild infections. This will be tested by spreading the bacteria on agar in a Petri dish and adding a small amount of each antibiotic to the Petri dish.
Research: Professor Stephen Bell at Indiana University studies the structure, behavior, and evolution of archaebacteria. Recently, he did research on the Sulfolobus genome and how they reproduce. Most archaebacteria, he says, have a