Antibiotics under our feet: investigating microbial sources of antibiotics in our urban soil samples

This dataset consists of a Krona chart visualisation of our bioinformatics results for our first six soil samples sent for DNA sequencing. The Krona chart was used to determine if microbes known to be sources of antibiotics were present in our soil samples. The two publications referenced below were used to obtain the names of such microbes. A spreadsheet of the results together with UK prescribing information from the BNF about the antibiotic drug arising from each microbes souce is included. An table to display the results was produced and is presented here in .mp4 video format that can be paused to view results for each soil sample. The data analysis for this part of the "Antibiotics under our feet" was carried out in collaboration with a Nuffield Research Placement student at the University of St Andrews during the summer of 2022. The Nuffield project protocol with instructions for analysing the Krona chart to gather data is included. <strong>References:</strong> Matthew I Hutchings, Andrew W Truman, Barrie Wilkinson, Antibiotics: past, present and future, Current Opinion in Microbiology, Volume 51, 2019, Pages 72-80, ISSN 1369-5274, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2019.10.008 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369527419300190) Procópio, Rudi &amp; Silva, Ingrid &amp; Martins, Mayra &amp; Azevedo, Joao &amp; Araújo, Janete. (2012). Antibiotics produced by Streptomyces. The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases. 16. 466-71. 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.08.014.