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The Cardinal Edge

Abstract

In order to combat increasing levels of antimicrobial resistance, new antimicrobials are needed to successfully kill microbes. Silicon coated in black diamond is a material that is hypothesized to have antimicrobial properties. To test this hypothesis, Escherichia coli cells were placed on different black diamond-coated silicon surfaces and allowed to rest on each surface for 15 minutes, 30 minutes, and 1 hour. Cells were collected, and growth was assessed by counting colonies on plates or spectrophotometry growth curves. The results of this study indicated that the experimental samples have some antimicrobial or growth inhibition properties, but they may not be to the extent as hypothesized. Errors in the harvesting method were likely present, and the experimental technique is currently being modified to collect the maximum number of cells for growth assessment.

DOI

10.18297/tce/vol1/iss1/10

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