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The response of human bacteria to static magnetic field and radiofrequency electromagnetic field.

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Crabtree DPE, Herrera BJ, Kang S. · 2017

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Laboratory cultures of Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus epidermidis showed variable growth under static magnetic field, and skin microbiota isolates from 4 subjects showed inconsistent growth responses.

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The study aimed to investigate the response of human bacteria to static magnetic field and radiofrequency electromagnetic field. Researchers investigated the response of both laboratory culture strains and isolates of skin bacteria under static magnetic field (SMF) and RF-EMF. Growth patterns of laboratory cultures of Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus epidermidis under SMF were variable per different species. Bacterial isolates of skin microbiota from 4 subjects with different cell phone usage history also showed inconsistent growth responses.

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These findings led the researchers to hypothesize that cell phone level RF-EMF disrupts human skin microbiota. The results lay ground for more comprehensive research on the effect of RF-EMF on human health through the human-microbiota relationship.

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The aim of this study is to investigate The response of human bacteria to static magnetic field and radiofrequency electromagnetic field.

we investigated the response of both laboratory culture strains and isolates of skin bacteria under ...

The growth patterns of laboratory cultures of Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylo...

These findings led us to hypothesize that cell phone level RF-EMF disrupts human skin microbiota. Thus, the results from the current study lay ground for more comprehensive research on the effect of RF-EMF on human health through the human-microbiota relationship.

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Crabtree DPE, Herrera BJ, Kang S. (2017). The response of human bacteria to static magnetic field and radiofrequency electromagnetic field. J Microbiol. 55(10):809-815,2017.
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@article{dpe_2017_the_response_of_human_1998,
  author = {Crabtree DPE and Herrera BJ and Kang S.},
  title = {The response of human bacteria to static magnetic field and radiofrequency electromagnetic field.},
  year = {2017},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28956351/},
}
PubMed: 28956351

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The study aimed to investigate the response of human bacteria to static magnetic field and radiofrequency electromagnetic field.
The study tested laboratory cultures of Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus epidermidis, and skin microbiota isolates from 4 subjects.
Growth patterns of the laboratory cultures under static magnetic field were variable per different species, and skin microbiota isolates from 4 subjects showed inconsistent growth responses.
The researchers hypothesized that cell phone level RF-EMF disrupts human skin microbiota.
The results lay ground for more comprehensive research on the effect of RF-EMF on human health through the human-microbiota relationship.