This is a talk I will give for the Medical Research Symposium. It's basically over a topic of research that I have been interested in for 2 years.

8. R R R S S Fimicute Clostridium sordellii See Fig. 3 and comments. R: Resistant, little or no zone of inhibition; S: susceptible, clear zone of inhibition; s: slightly susceptible, hazy zone of inhibtion S S S S S Fungi Candida albicans R R R R R Enterobacteria E. aerogenes R R R R R Enterobacteria S. marcescens R R s R R Enterobacteria K. pneumoniae R R s s s Fimicute S. epidemidis R R S S S Enterobacteria E. coli R R S S S Fimicute S. aureus (MRSA&MSSA) s S S S S Enterobacteria P. mirabilis R S S S S Fimicute B. subtilis Crestor Lovastatin Lipitor Fluvastatin Zocor Taxonomic group Species Table 1. Variable susceptibilities of bacterial species to individual statins by agar-based assay

9. Bacillus subtilis 6633-1 Bacillus subtilis Zocor Lovastatin Lovastatin (1:10) Zocor (1:10) Fluvastatin Fluvastatin (1:10)

10. Clostridium sordellii 9714-1 Clostridium sordellii Zocor Lovastatin Lovastatin (1:10) Zocor (1:10) Fluvastatin Fluvastatin (1:10)