In this experiment, Escherichia coli with the best, unhindered growth rates were chosen and cultivated in NA and NB culture medium. The growths of these bacteria were measured after exposure to Ampicillin. This showed that E. coli behaved in two different ways: increasing (A) or decreasing (B) the growth rate. Then, the addition of Hydrogen Peroxide showed that group A did not grow very well while group B grew relatively well (earned resistance to Hydrogen Peroxide). These bacteria were, then, exposed to Streptomycin: high growth of B showed that it earned resistance again while A did not grow as well. Inoculation of normal E. coli, into NB solutions in which A and B had separately been cultured, indicated that B consumed a lot less nutrients compared to the A: stating that the B used a lot less energy compared to the latter. When B was mixed with the E. coli with A, B could change its behaviour like that of A. Then these E. coli, which had lost their resistance to antibiotics, were put back under a stressful condition; they once again separated into A and B. Overall, it could be observed that E. coli do not adapt to their environment according to their genetic materials but rather adapt to their environment by altering (which happens at random) their rate of energy usage, helping them to pursuit different behaviours in order to survive.
국제과학영재학회 [The Society for the International Gifted in Science]
설립연도
2006
분야
자연과학>자연과학일반
소개
과학영재를 위한 연구 활동을 통하여 과학영재를 발굴하고, 발굴된 과학영재가 과학 분야의 관련 연구 활동을 할 수 있도록 지원하여, 이들이 과학 관련 분야의 진로를 선택하도록 장려함으로써 국제경쟁력을 갖춘 우수 과학기술인을 배출하고 국가 경제발전 및 문화창달과 세계 과학 발전에 기여함을 목적으로 한다.
간행물
간행물명
APEC Youth Scientist Journal [APEC 청소년 과학학술지]
간기
반년간
pISSN
2005-5625
수록기간
2009~2022
십진분류
KDC 405DDC 505
이 권호 내 다른 논문 / APEC Youth Scientist Journal Vol. 8 No. 2