Bacteria Lab Report
INTRODUCTION
This scientific report is to discuss the results of an experiment being conducted on the effect that antibiotics have on the growth of bacteria. This will be done through the use of microbiology.
Microbiology is a science in the department of biology, particularly microorganisms. These include; bacterium, fungi, protozoa, algae and viruses. This is an important subject to study as microorganisms can be found everywhere, covering all matters of different surfaces even including the human body.
Bacterium, or bacteria, is an important part to the experiment. Information about these microorganisms include; (Jamie Symonds, Medium Rare)
• These are small organisms that are classified as prokaryotic microorganisms.
• Bacteria are unicellular …show more content…
coli). Bacillus subtilis is a gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium, typically found in vegetation and soil. (Entrez Genome Project). E. coli is gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the gut of warm-blooded organisms. (National Health Service)
HYPOTHESIS
If we were to compare the antibacterial effects of various antibiotics (Penicillin and Erthomycin), then we would see the antibiotics stop the growth of bacteria around a certain area in the agar dish. This is because antibiotics are used to stop the growth and kill bacteria .
DISCUSSI ON
A fter completing the experiment and recording the results, the data was inconclusive. The results were not accurate to what should have occurred within the agar dishes. The results were recorded showed that E. coli had no effect from both antibiotics as the bacteria still grew. The bacteria growth of bacillus subtilis did get affected however by both antibiotics with little to no bacteria . Because of this however, this report has to based off the results from another group who did a similar experiment. The new data however only tested the use of one culture, Escherichia coli (E. coli) on both antibiotics. Only half of the original hypothesis can be discussed because of this
This scientific report is to discuss the results of an experiment being conducted on the effect that antibiotics have on the growth of bacteria. This will be done through the use of microbiology.
Microbiology is a science in the department of biology, particularly microorganisms. These include; bacterium, fungi, protozoa, algae and viruses. This is an important subject to study as microorganisms can be found everywhere, covering all matters of different surfaces even including the human body.
Bacterium, or bacteria, is an important part to the experiment. Information about these microorganisms include; (Jamie Symonds, Medium Rare)
• These are small organisms that are classified as prokaryotic microorganisms.
• Bacteria are unicellular …show more content…
coli). Bacillus subtilis is a gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium, typically found in vegetation and soil. (Entrez Genome Project). E. coli is gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the gut of warm-blooded organisms. (National Health Service)
HYPOTHESIS
If we were to compare the antibacterial effects of various antibiotics (Penicillin and Erthomycin), then we would see the antibiotics stop the growth of bacteria around a certain area in the agar dish. This is because antibiotics are used to stop the growth and kill bacteria .
DISCUSSI ON
A fter completing the experiment and recording the results, the data was inconclusive. The results were not accurate to what should have occurred within the agar dishes. The results were recorded showed that E. coli had no effect from both antibiotics as the bacteria still grew. The bacteria growth of bacillus subtilis did get affected however by both antibiotics with little to no bacteria . Because of this however, this report has to based off the results from another group who did a similar experiment. The new data however only tested the use of one culture, Escherichia coli (E. coli) on both antibiotics. Only half of the original hypothesis can be discussed because of this