Effects of ELF Magnetic Field in Combination with Iron(III) Chloride (FeCl3) on Cellular Growth and Surface Morphology of Escherichia coli (E. coli)
Esmekaya MA, Acar SI, Kıran F, Canseven AG, Osmanagaoglu O, Seyhan N. · 2013
View Original AbstractELF magnetic field exposure at 2 mT did not affect E. coli cell viability, but may have affected bacterial surface morphology.
Plain English Summary
Researchers investigated the effects of a 50 Hz, 2 mT magnetic field, with or without iron(III) chloride, on the growth and morphology of Escherichia coli. No significant differences in cell viability were found between exposed and sham-exposed bacteria, and FeCl3 treatment also did not change cell viability. However, pore formations and membrane destruction were observed on the surface of cells exposed to the ELF field for 24 hours.
Why This Matters
The magnetic field was generated at 50 Hz using a Helmholtz coil-based system designed to produce a sinusoidal field that was approximately uniform throughout the coil pair. Cell viability was measured by counting colonies using a standard plate count technique, expressed in colony-forming units per milliliter. Surface morphology was examined using scanning electron microscopy. The researchers concluded that while viability was unaffected, the field may affect bacterial surface morphology.
Exposure Details
- Magnetic Field
- 2 mT
- Source/Device
- 50 Hz
- Exposure Duration
- 24h
Exposure Context
This study used 2 mT for magnetic fields:
- 100Kx above the Building Biology guideline of 0.2 mG
- 20Kx above the BioInitiative Report recommendation of 1 mG
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Where This Falls on the Concern Scale
Study Details
This study investigated the effects of extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic field with/without iron(III) chloride (FeCl3) on bacterial growth and morphology.
The ELF exposures were carried out using a pair of Helmholtz coil-based ELF exposure system which wa...
No significant results were seen in terms of cell viability between ELF and sham-exposed bacterial s...
We concluded that ELF magnetic field exposure at 2 mT does not affect cell viability; however, it may affect bacterial surface morphology.
Show BibTeX
@article{ma_2013_effects_of_elf_magnetic_247,
author = {Esmekaya MA and Acar SI and Kıran F and Canseven AG and Osmanagaoglu O and Seyhan N. },
title = {Effects of ELF Magnetic Field in Combination with Iron(III) Chloride (FeCl3) on Cellular Growth and Surface Morphology of Escherichia coli (E. coli)},
year = {2013},
doi = {10.1007/s12010-013-0146-x},
url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12010-013-0146-x},
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