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The Investigation On How Applying An Electric Field For 60 Minutes Affects The Growth Of Specific Bacterial Species

Investigasi Tentang Bagaimana Menerapkan Medan Listrik Selama 60 Menit Mempengaruhi Pertumbuhan Spesies Bakteri Tertentu
Vol. 1 No. 3 (2024): Desember:
DOI : https://doi.org/10.21070/ijhsm.v2i1.83
Published : Jan 17, 2025

Abbas Dareb Shaban (1), Huda Hassan Aziz (2), Hameed A. Hamadi (3), Batool Sajad Hamid (4)

(1) Department of Biology, College of Education_Qurna, University of Basrah, Iraq
(2) Department of Biology, College of Education_Qurna, University of Basrah, Iraq
(3) Department of Biology, College of Education_Qurna, University of Basrah, Iraq
(4) , Iraq
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Abstract:

We discovered that some of them suffered damage to their walls or membranes as a result of the electric field lines flowing through them. Depending on the variation in intensity, bacteria are affected by the field, whether it is positive at most or negative to a small extent, as this laboratory experiment demonstrated. Despite the strength of their walls, we discovered that pathogenic bacteria are affected by an electric current of 60 amps, which caused a modest change in their growth or, more precisely, made them growth-inhibiting in contrast to their pure state.


 Highlights:



  1. Electric fields damage bacterial walls/membranes based on intensity variation.

  2. Pathogenic bacteria affected by 60-amp current, inhibiting growth.

  3. Growth differs from pure state due to electric exposure.


Keywords: electric field, bacterial growth, nutrient agar, Staphylococcus aureus

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