Effects of Tetracycline and Kanamycin on Pseudomonas fluorescens
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Effects of Tetracycline and Kanamycin on Pseudomonas fluorescens
Naomi Drake, Mary Powell, Alexis County
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• Question: Which antibiotic, Tetracycline or Kanamycin, has the greatest effect on the lag phase of Pseudomonas fluorescens?
• Hypothesis: The organism’s lag phase would be more significantly extended in the presence of kanamycin as opposed tetracycline.
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1.6Effects of Tetracycline on the Lag phases of P. fluorescens
Dilution 1:1000Dilution 1:10,000
Time (hours)
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Initial growth: Dilution 1:10,000- reached .4 OD @ 9:45:05 hours [.392, .443 @ 10:00:05 hours]
Extended Lag phase: Dilution 1:1000- reached .4 OD @20:00:05 hours [.394, .422 @ 20:15:05 hours]
Note: Dilutions 1:10 and 1:100 fully inhibited growth
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Effects of Kanamycin of Lag phase of P. fluorescens
Dilution 1:1600Control
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Initial growth: Control (no antibiotic)- reached 0.4 OD @ 4:30:05 hours [.397 OD, .424 OD @ 4:45:05 hours]
Extended Lag Phase: Dilution 1:1600 – reached 0.4 OD @ 28:30:05 hours [.398 OD, .412 OD @28:45:05 hours]