this was presented so greatly! As I am not extremely educated on this subject, I was confused on the difference between bacteriostatic and bactericidal, and how that affects your results.
Bactericidal is when the compound kills all the bacteria and bacteriostatic is when the compound inhibits the growth of any further bacteria. Both result in less growth of bacteria. In this case Salmonella Typhimurium was used as the bacteria and our cuttlefish ink compound was used as the “antibiotic”. We did further testing and the results showed that the compound inhibited growth of the bacteria but did not kill all of it. This is hope for the antibacterial properties in the compound to work in future studies.
Very well done! Your presentation was super informative and super interesting. I have a question about your second results. What does it mean to be bacteriostatic versus bactericidal?
The compound BacPROTAC in the cuttlefish ink is the antibacterial component we were studying and in previous studies it has shown to result in the reduction of growth of bacteria.
Thank you! I would say the biggest challenge we faced during this lab was the interpretation nd analysis of the data. We used microtiter plates to hold the salmonella and our compound and our showed absorbances of each well. We had to do calculations on the data and compare them to each of the other tests we did on the bacteria and come to conclusions. At some points it became hard to understand but as we continued to do more testing and trials it worked out really well.
I would say the most important finding we had was from the spectrometer and it showed us the absorbances reading two standard deviations below the mean of the negative control. This tells us that the compound worked to reduce the growth of the bacteria and has potential to be be further investigated as an antibiotic
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this was presented so greatly! As I am not extremely educated on this subject, I was confused on the difference between bacteriostatic and bactericidal, and how that affects your results.
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Bactericidal is when the compound kills all the bacteria and bacteriostatic is when the compound inhibits the growth of any further bacteria. Both result in less growth of bacteria. In this case Salmonella Typhimurium was used as the bacteria and our cuttlefish ink compound was used as the “antibiotic”. We did further testing and the results showed that the compound inhibited growth of the bacteria but did not kill all of it. This is hope for the antibacterial properties in the compound to work in future studies.
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Very well done! Your presentation was super informative and super interesting. I have a question about your second results. What does it mean to be bacteriostatic versus bactericidal?
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Very well done! This presentation was super interesting and informative! What about the cuttlefish ink makes it an antibacterial compound?
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The compound BacPROTAC in the cuttlefish ink is the antibacterial component we were studying and in previous studies it has shown to result in the reduction of growth of bacteria.
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Great presentation! What was the biggest challenge you faced during this lab, and how did you overcome it?
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Thank you! I would say the biggest challenge we faced during this lab was the interpretation nd analysis of the data. We used microtiter plates to hold the salmonella and our compound and our showed absorbances of each well. We had to do calculations on the data and compare them to each of the other tests we did on the bacteria and come to conclusions. At some points it became hard to understand but as we continued to do more testing and trials it worked out really well.
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What would you say the most important finding/conclusion you found in your experiments was?
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I would say the most important finding we had was from the spectrometer and it showed us the absorbances reading two standard deviations below the mean of the negative control. This tells us that the compound worked to reduce the growth of the bacteria and has potential to be be further investigated as an antibiotic
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