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Which Antibiotic to the Rescue

Bacterial Sensitivity to Antibiotics


Recent overuse of antibiotics have lead to bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. Are these bacteria present in the wild or only in hospitals? You will test the ability of the wild type bacteria that you have collected to grow in the presence of several antibiotics.


Materials needed for the lab


For the class:



To prepare solutions of antibiotics: make sure solutions of each antibiotic at a concentration of 10mg/ml in distilled water in a sterile flask; you will need 10ml of each solution. These will keep covered and refrigerated for several weeks

For each pair of students



Day 1 of 2


  1. Obtain nutrient agar plate.


  1. Sterilize an inoculating loop in a flame, or use a cotton swab. Dip the loop or swab onto bacteria. Remove the cover on sterile nutrient agar plate. Use the sterile loop or swab to inoculate the agar plate with the bacteria by streaking the bacteria on the plate. Streak the whole plate.


  1. Use a sharpie on the bottom of the plate to make 7 evenly spaced dots that mark the location and name of each antibiotic and control you will use. Place the disks on each of the dots (see fig). Make a drawing of each plate with the appropriate labeling in your notebook.


BACTERIAL SENSITIVITY TO ANTIBIOTICS RECENT OVERUSE OF ANTIBIOTICS HAVE


  1. Use tweezers to remove 1 paper disk from each of the antibiotic solutions and 1 plain disk. Replace cover and secure with tape. (Make sure to place the disks on areas that you have streaked with bacteria).


  1. Leave at room temp to incubate for 24-48 hours, or incubate over night at 37°C. Why 37°C?


Day 2 of 2


  1. Look at your plates, has your bacteria grown?




  1. Do you see an area next to any of the disks with no bacterial growth? If so, measure (with a ruler) the zone of no growth and compare to control. What is the control? Why do you need to include this control into your experiment? Calculate the area of no growth






  1. Does some of your bacteria grow better on some of the antibiotics than others? If so which ones? Compare your data with the rest of the class. Research and discuss the possibilities as to why you might see these differences.


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