The Efficacy of natural Antimicrobials and Antibiotics on Staphylococcus aureus and an Unknown Environmental Isolate

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dc.contributor.advisorEric Freundt
dc.contributor.authorKeith Gandy, Danielle Oddo, Danielle Pett
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-06T19:43:42Z
dc.date.available2018-03-06T19:43:42Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionRecommended Citation: Gandy, Keith , Danielle Oddo , and Danielle Pett. “The Efficacy of Natural Antimicrobials and Antibiotics on Staphylococcus Aureus and an Unknown Environmental Isolate.” Acta Spartae, 2016. https://doi.org/10.48497/KFE0-8K67.
dc.description.abstractThe problem of antibiotic resistance is growing increasingly prominent as more microbes are evolving to evade traditional antibiotics. New antibiotics and treatments against virulent bacteria are becoming a necessity in the medical community. In this experiment, antimicrobial properties of homeopathic compounds were tested. Tea tree oil and apple cider vinegar were compared with three common antibiotics: vancomycin, erythromycin and cephalothin. These compounds were tested against the possibly virulent bacteria Staphylococcus aureus as well as an environmentally isolated strain that was identified to be a gram positive streptobacillus. The results of this experiment demonstrated that the homeopathic compounds created zones of inhibition. The zone diameter directly correlated with the susceptibility or resistance of that particular colony to the antibiotic. The zones from the homeopathic medicines and the antibiotic disks of vancomycin, cephalothin, and erythromycin were compared. The largest zones of inhibition with Staphylococcus aureus and the environmental isolate were generated by cephalothin. Although traditional antibiotics displayed the greatest antimicrobial properties, our results suggest that homeopathic compounds can successfully inhibit growth of potential pathogenic bacteria and should be considered for future clinical applications.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGandy, Keith , Danielle Oddo , and Danielle Pett. “The Efficacy of Natural Antimicrobials and Antibiotics on Staphylococcus Aureus and an Unknown Environmental Isolate.” Acta Spartae, 2016. https://doi.org/10.48497/KFE0-8K67.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.48497/kfe0-8k67
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11868/315
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherCollege of Natural and Health Sciences, The University of Tampaen_US
dc.subjectAntimicrobialsen_US
dc.subjectAntibioticsen_US
dc.subjectStaphylococcus aureusen_US
dc.subjectDepartment of Biologyen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCESen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES::Biologyen_US
dc.titleThe Efficacy of natural Antimicrobials and Antibiotics on Staphylococcus aureus and an Unknown Environmental Isolateen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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