Millimeter-Wave Effects on Candida Albicans Cells
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Bioelectricity
- Vol. 4 (1), 171-176
- https://doi.org/10.3109/15368378509040371
Abstract
In preliminary measurements, Candida albicans cultures exposed to 1 kHz square-wave-modulated microwaves at 72 GHz exhibited a significantly reduced number of colony-forming units in comparison with nonirradiated controls. To study whether the same effect could also be caused by continuous-wave (CW) irradiation, sedimented cells were exposed to either 1 kHz square-wave-modulated or CW microwaves at 72 GHz, with the same peak power. CW-exposed cells showed a higher growth rate (about 25%), whereas a reduction of about 15% was seen in cells exposed to square-wave-modulated microwaves in comparison with sham-exposed controls.Keywords
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