Submission Date
4-25-2016
Document Type
Paper- Restricted to Campus Access
Department
Chemistry
Second Department
Biology
Adviser
Mark Ellison
Second Adviser
Anthony Lobo
Committee Member
Mark Ellison
Committee Member
Anthony Lobo
Committee Member
Rebecca Evans
Department Chair
Mark Ellison
Department Chair
Peter Small
Project Description
This research examines the use of tetracycline-functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes to overcome tetracycline resistance in Escherichia coli. The resistant E. coli have the pBR322 resistance plasmid that codes for an efflux pump resistance mechanism. Here, we attempt to block this resistance mechanism by attaching tetracycline to carbon nanotubes in order to recycle previously effective antibiotics for use in resistant bacteria.
Recommended Citation
Force, Madison, "The Use of Tetracycline-Functionalized Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes to Overcome Tetracycline Resistance in Escherichia coli" (2016). Chemistry Honors Papers. 4.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/chem_hon/4
