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The combined effect of the zinc magnetic isotope 67Zn and weak magnetic field 25–35 mT causes a 2–4-fold increase in the colony-forming ability of bacteria E. coli in comparison with the nonmagnetic isotopes 64, 66Zn. The effects of magnetic field in the range of 2.2–8 mT were detected for all bacteria regardless of the zinc-isotope enrichment of the media. This indicates the sensitivity of intracellular processes to weak magnetic fields. An increase in the ATP concentration in E. coli cells was only detected for the bacteria grown on the medium with the magnetic zinc isotope in the range of 2.2–4.2 mT. The obtained data confirm the existence of stages of intracellular enzymatic processes that are sensitive to magnetic fields and magnetic moments of atomic nuclei.
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Original Russian Text © U.G. Letuta, D.M. Shailina, 2018, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2018, Vol. 479, No. 5, pp. 585–588.
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Letuta, U.G., Shailina, D.M. Magnetosensitivity of E. coli Bacteria in the Presence of Zinc Isotopes. Dokl Biochem Biophys 479, 111–113 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1607672918020175
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