Browse 68 real Microbiology projects entered in 2015, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Microalgae accumulate the biodiesel precursor triacylglycerol (TAG) when subjected to nutrient stress, a phenomenon that has become the basis for the field of algal biodiese…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals This project compared the ability of bacteria Escherichia coli K-12 to develop inherited resistance against common household disinfectants, triclosan, isopropyl alcohol, and…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General) Second Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment was designed to determine if bacterial metabolism plays an important role in soil-based Microbial Fuel Cells based on its increase or decrease in voltage, am…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals This study investigated the development of antibiotic resistance in the bacteria E.coli and S.epidermidis from natural mutation caused by repeated exposure. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Previous research has suggested that wound healing properties in stingrays may be due to an antimicrobial substance in the animals epidermal mucus. To investigate this, the…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Citrus huanglongbing (HLB), a bacterial disease spread by the Asian citrus psyllid, has killed 50% of Florida citrus within ten years of introduction. Delayed detection and…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project was to devise a method for the detection and analysis of ultra-low concentrations of bacterial contamination in public places, such as bathrooms…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals In 2014, California avocado farmers lost over 40 million dollars in crop damage due to root rot caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi. This pathogen infects the roots of avocado…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The Objective is to determine the effectiveness of the standard library cleaning method and the average amount of bacteria on library books. It also explores if there is a c…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine if algae, specifically a species of green algae called Spirulina, can be used as an ink substitute and to find what abiotic fa…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to determine whether selected genres of music#s effect on bacterial growth correlated with the extensive research of music#s effect on human concentration…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The Purpose of my project was to determine if colors can inhibit dangerous algal blooms. In other words which color of light of the primary colors prevents algal growth the…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal was to see if I could disinfect water using the SODIS method. SODIS is a type of water disinfection process using sunlight. You put the contaminated water in a PET (…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Handshakes, fist bumps, and high-fives are ways of greeting someone. They have become rituals and they seem pretty normal to us. But, have you not ever wondered how many ger…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals My project was to compare the amount of bacteria in raw and pasteurized milk samples using methylene blue dye to estimate bacterial content. Methods/Materials Over four days…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals B. subtilis is a popular host for the manufacture of enzymes, mainly due to its high competency and status as a GRAS organism. However, there are severe drawbacks to using i…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project's goal was to find the genes that contribute to Streptococcus Pyogenes' susceptibility to retinoic acid, the active form of Vitamin A. Methods/Materials A genet…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This third year project tested a novel combination of antimicrobial contact lens solution preservatives, Benzyl Alcohol+EDTA+Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHD), for effectiveness…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find out if probiotic bacteria (lactobacillus acidophilus) grow better in a gluten environment. Methods/Materials Six test tubes of lactose and water, an…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals My goal was to see which bathroom stall door handle would have the most bacteria. The girls and boys bathroom where tested. The first, second, or third stall was the experim…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine if a treatment for the Ebola virus could be derived from a common over the counter enzyme. Methods/Materials The Ebola viru…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if calcium and vitamin K in the forms of menaquinone and phylloquinone had an effect on microtubule depolymerization as expres…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project is directed to find natural alternatives for prescription medication. Colloidal silver is a suspension of submicroscopic metallic silver particles in a colloida…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The scientific experiment, Viral Phage Efficiency in Combating Escherichia Coli B. will investigate an alternative treatment through the utilization of the viral phage, T4r.…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The effect of electricity on the growth of fungi was tested. Using various types of fungi and several different voltages of electricity, we analyzed the resulting effects on…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals My Science project was about what vegetable is safer to eat raw the ones domestically produced here in the U.S.A or of the same type but imported from Mexico. I based my int…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project#s goal was to determine the effect of changing the amount of dissolved oxygen present in ponds, and how that will affect the biodiversity of microbes (such as nem…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To determine how much & which antifungal medication is required to slow down growth of fungus. Methods/Materials We made CO2 collection apparatus by drilling a hole in an em…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals To determine whether exocyst component targeting siRNAs, when introduced to fifty-fifth generation HeLa cells, will cause an effect on InlB-mediated entry levels of Listeria…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals I conducted an investigation to find out if the amount of fat in store bought milk affects the time it takes to spoil. My experiment was designed to test Kirkland Signature…