Biological effects of millimeter-wave irradiation: living bacterial organisms. Final report 15 July 1982-14 October 1983

Gandhi, O P; Hill, D W; Furia, L; Iskander, M F; Ghodgaonkar, D

Title: Biological effects of millimeter-wave irradiation: living bacterial organisms. Final report 15 July 1982-14 October 1983

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The report describes experiments on the effects of millimeter-wave irradiation on the mutation rates of Salmonella typhimurium strains TA 1535 and TA 1538. No frequency-sensitive irradiation effects have been observed in spite of closely spaced frequencies used in the 42-48 and 65-75 GHz bands. Some preliminary experiments performed with yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have given rates of growth that are dependent on the irradiation frequency. However, on account of the high degree of variability, accurate frequency resettability is a must before firm conclusions can be drawn. A new method for measuring complex permittivities of biological media in vitro and in vivo has been proposed and tested for feasibility. Raman laser spectroscopy is proposed as a means of searching for frequency-specific biological effects of millimeter-wave irradiation. The Raman system setup for these studies is used for pilot studies with vesicular stomatitis, Sindbis, and LaCrosse viruses and with bacillus megaterium.

Authors:: Gandhi, O P; Hill, D W; Furia, L; Iskander, M F; Ghodgaonkar, D

Publication Date:: Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

Research Org.:: Utah Univ., Salt Lake City (USA). Dept. of Electrical Engineering

OSTI Identifier:: 6409857

Report Number(s):: AD-A-142474/6; UTEC-83-84004

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; RADIOWAVE RADIATION; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BACTERIA; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FUNGI; MICROORGANISMS; PLANTS; RADIATIONS; SACCHAROMYCES; SALMONELLA; YEASTS; 560400* - Other Environmental Pollutant Effects

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                    Gandhi, O P, Hill, D W, Furia, L, Iskander, M F, and Ghodgaonkar, D. Biological effects of millimeter-wave irradiation: living bacterial organisms. Final report 15 July 1982-14 October 1983.  United States: N. p., 1984. 
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                    Gandhi, O P, Hill, D W, Furia, L, Iskander, M F, & Ghodgaonkar, D. Biological effects of millimeter-wave irradiation: living bacterial organisms. Final report 15 July 1982-14 October 1983.  United States.

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                    Gandhi, O P, Hill, D W, Furia, L, Iskander, M F, and Ghodgaonkar, D. 1984.  
        "Biological effects of millimeter-wave irradiation: living bacterial organisms. Final report 15 July 1982-14 October 1983".  United States.

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  abstractNote = {The report describes experiments on the effects of millimeter-wave irradiation on the mutation rates of Salmonella typhimurium strains TA 1535 and TA 1538. No frequency-sensitive irradiation effects have been observed in spite of closely spaced frequencies used in the 42-48 and 65-75 GHz bands. Some preliminary experiments performed with yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have given rates of growth that are dependent on the irradiation frequency. However, on account of the high degree of variability, accurate frequency resettability is a must before firm conclusions can be drawn. A new method for measuring complex permittivities of biological media in vitro and in vivo has been proposed and tested for feasibility. Raman laser spectroscopy is proposed as a means of searching for frequency-specific biological effects of millimeter-wave irradiation. The Raman system setup for these studies is used for pilot studies with vesicular stomatitis, Sindbis, and LaCrosse viruses and with bacillus megaterium.},

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