Antibiotic Resistance Lab Report

Antibiotic resistance has been an ongoing problem in the medical world as strains of bacteria seem to overpower several types of antibiotics. Although new antibiotics are created by scientists, the issue of antibiotic bacterial resistance still persists. It is very important to recognize how bacteria best survives so that the combined efforts of people can decrease the spread of bacteria. By testing the DNA of bacteria in two different environments, we can test the amount of genes (if any) that are resistant to three types of antibiotics. Exploring this type of question will allow us to draw conclusions about the surfaces of the wooden railings in the stairwells and how bacteria congregates on them, comparing research already conducted to …show more content…
The research question we are exploring for our experiment is comparing our two environments: West Central stairwell and East Central stairwell in Holmes Hall, and which environment will contain a higher amount of bacteria. To do so, six samples from each environment were collected and further testing will be done to explore the statistical significance and the type of bacteria. We hypothesize that there will be a higher amount of bacteria present in the West Central stairwell because there is a greater amount of foot traffic in that stairwell then there is in the East Central stairwell. Our independent variable in this experiment are the three types of antibiotics and the dependent variable is the amount of resistant bacteria obtained from the …show more content…
Taking this into consideration, as well as Abrishami’s research, we can reflect on our own experience with the wood railing and its cleanliness. This type of research can be incorporated into our experiment when doing master patch plates and when comparing the the bacterial abundance in environment A and environment B and how the wooden surface relates to the amount of bacteria grown (Abrishami et al.,