Comparison of bacterial growth to high-intensity microwave exposure and conventional heating

✍ Scribed by M. A. Hossain; Dr. S. K. Dutta

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 205 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0197-8462
• DOI: 10.1002/bem.2250030410

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Escherichia coli pol A^+^ and pol A^−^ strains were exposed to 8.8‐GHz microwaves pulsed at 1,000 Hz (1‐μs pulse width) and an SAR of 40 W/kg, which increased the temperature of the cell culture by 7 °C. Two‐way analysis of variance showed no significant difference between the growth rates of microwave irradiated and thermally exposed cells.