USSR report: life sciences effects of nonionizing electromagnetic radiation, No. 4

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5047500

Smolyanskaya, A Z; Makhov, A M; Gelvich, E A; Golant, M B

The effect of electromagnetic waves in the millimeter band on the synthesis and activity of pencillinase produced by strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli is examined. Experiments demonstrated that wave lengths of 6,478 and 6,468 mm inhibit the induction of the enzyme by St. aureus. However, this type of radiation does not affect the activity of the exoenzyme released from the St. aureus strain, and also does not affect the constitutive synthesis of the penicillinase by E. coli. The relationship of effect of the duration of irradiation, bacterial population, and the strength of current density is elucidated.

• Research Organization: Joint Publications Research Service, Arlington, VA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5047500
• Report Number(s): N-82-17844; JPRS-79780
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Translated from Biol. Nauki (USSR); No. 5, 24-28(May 1981)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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