Bacteriophage Isolation for Elizabethkingia meningoseptica

Abstract

                Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is an antibiotic resistant bacteria that causes meningitis. Very little is currently known about this bacteria. To date, no bacteriophages have been isolated that affect E. meningoseptica. We attempted to isolate phages for E. meningoseptica from several environmental samples. We filtered our environmental samples, and plated the environmental samples with E. meningoseptica to see if any phages were present in that environmental sample. Because no known phages have been isolated for E. meningoseptica, if we manage to isolate any phages, we would be the first lab to do so.