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ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (Clas), the causative agent of Citrus Greening disease, has ravaged Florida's citrus industry. Because Clas is unculturable, Sinorhizobium meliloti, a close…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Second Award
Bats, like bees, are a keystone species benefiting the environment and saving farmers billions of dollars in chemicals. However, since 2006, millions of bats in North America have died of a…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
In 2019, 2.8 million cases of antimicrobial-resistant infections have occurred, and 35,000 people have died as a result. Even the World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes bacterial resista…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Fourth Award
Discovering new antibiotics or identifying alternative therapies to address antibiotic resistance is pivotal. One option is bacteriophage (phage) therapy, which can be used to treat bacteria…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
A variety of species of bacteria colonize the human body, many of which reside in the gut microbiome. Quorum sensors are naturally emitted by these bacteria and allow them to communicate and…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
One promising solution to combat the rise of deadly anti-biotic resistant bacteria is nanoparticle medications. However, new studies have found that bacteria can develop resistance to silver…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Third Award
According to the CDC, in 2018, 1.7 billion people were infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). To treat tuberculosis (TB) infections, there has been interest in using macrolides, a f…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Purpose: The purpose was to identify the extent of the major problem regarding soil contamination which causes food outbreaks in South Africa and was furthermore driven by the great demand f…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Fourth Award
The development of kitchen supplies containing natural antibacterial agents conforms to the concept of green and healthy life. Inspired by the fact that the perilla leaf salad is not easy to…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Following our research last fall discovering significant resistance to common antibiotics in Boise's waterways, we focused on Aquafarming this year, as it is a major contributor to the incre…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Seaweeds provide food, habitat, and shelter for a variety of marine organisms. They have properties that allow them to regulate the absorption of CO2 and the trophic scale in the ocean. In C…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Most current forms of radiation shielding use heavy metals, toxic chemicals, or are expensive to implement, making maintenance costly, difficult, and dangerous. However, due to recent develo…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
It is imperative to know what to do when you contract a bacterial infection such as an E. coli infection. Millions die every year from bacterial infections and grow resistant to antibiotics…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing issue with many harmful impacts on individuals and society as a whole, and one major cause of this is medical nonadherence regarding periodical prescriptio…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most urgent public health issues. To address this problem, this study investigated the possible applications of Native Sonoran Desert Plants (NSDP) agains…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Oral diseases such as tooth decay are expected to affect 3.5 billion individuals worldwide. In most developing countries, access to primary oral health treatments is limited due to an unequa…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
When plastic polymers enter the environment via pollution, colonization by microorganisms is instantaneous. Colonization subsequently alters the physical and chemical characteristics of the…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Living in Annapolis, MD, the sailing capital of the US, boat soaps are an important contributor to water pollution and represent an important area for choice in how human behavior impacts th…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Every year, nearly ? of America’s food is wasted and thrown away. Out of the 500+ metric tons of food wasted each year, a growing majority is due to bacteria growth or the produce spoiling.…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Surgical Site Infections are infections that occur after a patient underwent a major surgical procedure. Those who contract them experience a decreased quality of life and an increased econo…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Fourth Award
Despite the boom of metagenomics and metataxonomy, culture media are essential to identify organisms that have not been identified by these means; and to give insights of biological processe…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
The purpose of this experiment is to do an environmental swab for bacteria on different surfaces of sports equipment. 18 different types of sports equipment were sampled. It was hypothesized…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
The overuse of antibiotics in medicine is a growing problem, as it leads to an increase in the number of drug-resistant strains of bacteria. According to the WHO, this is one of the greatest…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Second Award
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative opportunistic pathogen involved in several human diseases such as cystic fibrosis. This bacterium is highly resistant to antibiotic treatments due t…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
In the past decade, the implementation of phenolic compounds with collagen-based biomaterials has gained increasing attentions (Liu, et. al., 2019). Phenolics have been studied as collagen m…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Second Award
Plastic pollution is an environmental emergency. Since 1950, over 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic waste has been generated (Asad, 2018). It is estimated that between 75 and 199 million to…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
The purpose of conducting the experiment was to evaluate the effect of distance on bacteria growth from hot air-drying machines. The rationale stems from researchers such as John Ross from H…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Recently, many countries have announced plans for deep space missions, raising the question of how zero gravity affects the human body. Various studies on Earth and in space have addressed t…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Pseudomonas Uticensis is a gram-negative bacterium isolated for its potent antifungal properties. The brown pigmentation of its colonies and biofilms is due to the production of pyomelanin.…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
The 2019 Microcystis aeruginosa bloom instilled economic and environmental disaster along the Mississippi and Louisiana Gulf Coasts due to the creation of eutrophic freshwater zones in natur…