Hi everyone!
I hope y’all had a great and restful Fourth of July!
Last week, I helped Professor Huang with our phage isolation process. What this means is that we were able to successful with our bacteriophages! We have found phages that are able to remove the bacteria and inhibit bacteria growth completely.
Now, we will try to find the best type of phage size and/or phage combination.
Sounds interesting! Once you find the correct phage sizes and combinations, how can this be used for future research? Tell me more. Could this be an option to inhibit antibiotic resistant bacteria?
Hey Melly!
Once we find the correct phage sizes, we can add them to different types of bacteria (since we are able to have the phages kill gram-positive & gram-negative now).
We will be able to use the phages to remove bacteria from water, as well as inhibit antibiotic resistance bacteria, i.e. what we would call ‘superbugs’.
Oh wow! I would love to see this. Your research is attention grabbing. Great job.