Effect of Low Power Microwave on Bacterial Growth, Protein Synthesis, and Intracellular Enzyme (Glucose-6-phosphatase and β-galactosidase) Activity

Mishra, Toshi; Kushwah, Preemada; Kothari, Vijay

doi:10.12966/bmb.08.01.2013

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“…Previously we have reported results of our in vitro experiments describing (a) effect of low power MW on microbial growth/metabolism (Kushwah et al, 2013), protein synthesis (Mishra et al, 2013), enzyme activity (Dholiya et al, 2012), exopolysaccharide production (Kushwah et al, 2013), toxin production (Ramanuj et al, 2015), quorum-sensing (QS) regulated pigment production (Chaudhari et al, 2014), etc. ; effect of sonic stimulation on microbial growth (Sarvaiya and Kothari, 2015;Shah et al, 2016), antibiotic susceptibility (Sarvaiya and Kothari, 2017), and QS-regulated pigment production (Kothari et al, 2017;Kothari et al, 2018).…”

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Sonic Stimulation and Low Power Microwave Radiation Can Modulate Bacterial Virulence Towards Caenorhabditis elegans

Patel

Vekariya

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Background: In view of the global threat of antimicrobial resistance, novel alternative approaches to deal with infectious bacteria are warranted, in addition to the conventional invasive therapeutic approaches. Objective: This study aimed at investigating whether exposure to sonic stimulation or microwave radiation can affect virulence of pathogenic bacteria toward the model nematode host Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods: Caenorhabditis elegans worms infected with different pathogenic bacteria were subjected to sonic treatment to investigate whether such sound treatment can exert any therapeutic effect on the infected worms. Virulence of microwave exposed bacteria was also assessed using this nematode host. Results: Sound corresponding to 400 Hz, and the divine sound ‘Om’ conferred protective effect on C. elegans in face of bacterial infection, particularly that caused by Serratia marcescens or Staphylococcus aureus. The observed effect seemed to occur due to influence of sound on bacteria, and not on the worm. Additionally, effect of microwave exposure on bacterial virulence was also investigated, wherein microwave exposure could reduce virulence of S. aureus towards C. elegans. Conclusion: Sonic stimulation/ microwave exposure was demonstrated to be capable of modulating bacterial virulence.

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Sonic Stimulation and Low Power Microwave Radiation Can Modulate Bacterial Virulence Towards Caenorhabditis elegans

Patel

Vekariya

et al. 2019

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Sonic stimulation, and low power microwave radiation can modulate bacterial virulence towardsCaenorhabditis elegans

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Vekariya

et al. 2018

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Caenorhabditis elegans worms infected with different pathogenic bacteria were subjected to sonic treatment to investigate whether such sound treatment can exert any therapeutic effect on the infected worms. Sonic therapy corresponding to 400 Hz, and the divine sound 'om' were found to confer protective effect on this nematode worm in face of bacterial infection, particularly that caused by Serratia marcescens or Staphylococcus aureus. The observed effect seemed to occur due to influence of sound on bacteria, and not on the worm. In addition to this, effect of microwave exposure on bacterial virulence was also investigated, wherein microwave exposure was found to reduce virulence of S. aureus towards C. elegans.

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Effect of Low Power Microwave on Bacterial Growth, Protein Synthesis, and Intracellular Enzyme (Glucose-6-phosphatase and β-galactosidase) Activity

Cited by 2 publications

References 15 publications

Sonic Stimulation and Low Power Microwave Radiation Can Modulate Bacterial Virulence Towards Caenorhabditis elegans

Sonic Stimulation and Low Power Microwave Radiation Can Modulate Bacterial Virulence Towards Caenorhabditis elegans

Sonic stimulation, and low power microwave radiation can modulate bacterial virulence towardsCaenorhabditis elegans

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