Static magnetic field exposure fails to affect the viability of different bacteria strains |
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Authors: | János László József Kutasi |
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Institution: | 1. Section for Mathematics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary;2. Albitech Ltd, G?d, Hungary |
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Abstract: | The viability of the microbes Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Bacillus circulans, Escherichia coli, Micrococcus luteus, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Salmonella enteritidis, Serratia marcescens, and Staphylococcus aureus was tested under static magnetic field exposure up to 24 h in either a homogeneous (159.2 ± 13.4 mT) or three types of inhomogeneous static magnetic fields: (i) peak‐to‐peak magnetic flux density 476.7 ± 0.1 mT with a lateral magnetic flux density gradient of 47.7 T/m, (ii) 12.0 ± 0.1 mT with 1.2 T/m, or (iii) 2.8 ± 0.1 mT with 0.3 T/m. Even the longest period of exposure failed to produce any effect in the growth of bacteriae that could be correlated with static magnetic field exposure. Bioelectromagnetics 31:220–225, 2010. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. |
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Keywords: | Saccharomyces cerevisiae Bacillus circulans Micrococcus luteus Pseudomonas fluorescens Escherichia coli Salmonella enteritidis Serratia marcescens Staphylococcus aureus bacteria viability yeast static magnetic field (SMF) |
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