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Abstract
For centuries, microbes have taken countless lives of both the young and old. Due to the lack of knowledge of microorganisms and the scarcity of equipment and tools to research them, there was little knowledge as to how these microbes had such detrimental effects on the human body. Since they are unseen to the human eye, no one knew as to where they were located, how they grew or even what they looked like. It was not until the 1600’s when Antony van Leeuwenhoek made the first microscopes and discovered these small creatures. As time went by, microbiology grew with each scientist who discovered a little more about these microbes. Slowly, more and more scientist were gaining more knowledge as to how to control the pandemic outbreaks that were happening across the country. At first, diseases were controlled by vaccines; but in 1923 Alexander Flemming had discovered a natural resource that inhibited bacterial growth. Mold that had grown in a dish opened the door to antibiotics.
Since then, microbes have been fought off by using natural resources. In the past, antibiotics were successful in eliminating diseases by affecting the causative agent in various different ways. Some ways that antibiotics kill bacteria is by releasing chemicals that hinder DNA synthesis, disrupting metabolic activities of the bacterium cell which in turn does not allow the bacterium to reproduce but instead kills it. However, because bacteria have been exposed to certain drugs, some of these organisms have become resistant to specific antibiotics. To fight this dilemma, scientist have to find different ways to battle the organisms not only by using natural sources such as molds, and other bacteria, but also by producing antibiotics chemically in the lab.

Introduction
The purpose of our experiment was to decipher which bacteria would have