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The Enhanced Effects of Antibiotics Irradiated of Extremely High Frequency Electromagnetic Field on Escherichia coli Growth Properties

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The effects of extremely high frequency electromagnetic irradiation and antibiotics on Escherichia coli can create new opportunities for applications in different areas—medicine, agriculture, and food industry. Previously was shown that irradiated bacterial sensitivity against antibiotics was changed. In this work, it was presented the results that irradiation of antibiotics and then adding into growth medium was more effective compared with non-irradiated antibiotics bactericidal action. The selected antibiotics (tetracycline, kanamycin, chloramphenicol, and ceftriaxone) were from different groups. Antibiotics irradiation was performed with low intensity 53 GHz frequency during 1 h. The E. coli growth properties—lag-phase duration and specific growth rate—were markedly changed. Enhanced bacterial sensitivity to irradiated antibiotics is similar to the effects of antibiotics of higher concentrations.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia and by the Research Grant of the State Committee of Science, Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia, under ‘‘Graduate research support program-2012” to HT (13A-1F01).

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  1. Department of Biophysics of Biology Faculty, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, 0025, Armenia

    Heghine Torgomyan

  2. Department of Microbiology and Microbes and Plants Biotechnology of Biology Faculty, Yerevan State University, 1 Manoukyan Str., Yerevan, 0025, Armenia

    Armen Trchounian

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Torgomyan, H., Trchounian, A. The Enhanced Effects of Antibiotics Irradiated of Extremely High Frequency Electromagnetic Field on Escherichia coli Growth Properties. Cell Biochem Biophys 71, 419–424 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12013-014-0215-y

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