Effects of Antibiotic-Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Antibiotic Resistant Enterococcus

Author

Lilly McQueen, Ursinus CollegeFollow

Submission Date

7-20-2018

Document Type

Paper- Restricted to Campus Access

Department

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Faculty Mentor

Anthony Lobo

Second Faculty Mentor

Mark Ellison

Student Contributor

Noel McCampbell

Comments

Presented during the 20th Annual Summer Fellows Symposium, July 20, 2018 at Ursinus College.

Project Description

Use of a Steglich esterification to covalently attach erythromycin onto a single-walled carbon nanotube to circumvent the efflux pump mechanism of resistance in Enterococcus.

Recommended Citation

McQueen, Lilly, "Effects of Antibiotic-Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Antibiotic Resistant Enterococcus" (2018). Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Summer Fellows. 12.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/biochem_sum/12