2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium
Location
John Deere Auditorium, Curris Business Building, University of Nothern Iowa
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation (UNI Access Only)
Document Type
poster
Abstract
Fungi produce many different types of compounds, one of those compounds is a secondary metabolite. These are organic compounds that aid in survivability, but do not aid in growth or development. Many of these metabolites are often antimicrobial, often being used by people for antibiotics. Due to the growing issue of antimicrobial resistant bacteria, new antibiotics are needed to sustain our use of antibiotics. This project focuses on fungi from Wind Cave National Park and how their isolated environment could possibly produce unknown compounds. This project also focuses on accurate taxonomic identification, to understand more about the cave as well as further understanding of each individual fungi and their secondary metabolites.
Start Date
26-7-2024 11:00 AM
End Date
26-7-2024 1:30 PM
Event Host
Summer Undergraduate Research Program, University of Northern Iowa
Faculty Advisor
Kirk P. Manfredi
Department
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Copyright
©2024 Jack W. Noehren, Kirk P. Manfredi
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Noehren, Jack W. and Manfredi, Kirk P., "Identifying Fungi and their Active Secondary Metabolites From Wind Cave National Park" (2024). Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium. 26.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/surp/2024/all/26
Identifying Fungi and their Active Secondary Metabolites From Wind Cave National Park
John Deere Auditorium, Curris Business Building, University of Nothern Iowa
Fungi produce many different types of compounds, one of those compounds is a secondary metabolite. These are organic compounds that aid in survivability, but do not aid in growth or development. Many of these metabolites are often antimicrobial, often being used by people for antibiotics. Due to the growing issue of antimicrobial resistant bacteria, new antibiotics are needed to sustain our use of antibiotics. This project focuses on fungi from Wind Cave National Park and how their isolated environment could possibly produce unknown compounds. This project also focuses on accurate taxonomic identification, to understand more about the cave as well as further understanding of each individual fungi and their secondary metabolites.
