5th Annual WML Academic Symposium

Poster Presentation
Time: 4:00-5:30
Presenter: Jamie E. Garner
Title: Utilizing Insecticide-Tolerant Bacteria
Developed under the guidance of Dr. Michelle Thomas, Biology

Golf courses throughout the Piedmont area of North Carolina utilize many insecticides to maintain ideal course conditions. Soil samples from these sites would harbor prokaryotes that are tolerant to insecticides and could play a role in insecticide bio-degradation. Future studies on these organisms may provide insight on the mechanisms of tolerance to insecticides and the possibility of bio-remediation.