Review Article

The Influence of Electromagnetic Pollution on Living Organisms: Historical Trends and Forecasting Changes

Table 4

Information from investigation results on bacteria E. coli and B. subtilis.

TypeParametersResultsLiterature

EMF11 MHz ÷ 350 MHz(i) Possibility of inactivation
(ii) No local increase in temperature (unconfirmed)
[63, 64]

EMF10 MHz ÷ 20 MHz, 60 MHz(i) Local increase in temperature
(ii) No effects on the vitality
(iii) No inactivation
[6467]

EF15 kV·cm−1(i) Significant inactivation in the case of Bacillus subtilis [68]

RFMicrowaves of various frequencies(i) Possibility of inactivation
(ii) Resemblance between the dynamics of heat and microwave treatments
(iii) Absorption of the radiation of particular frequencies may affect metabolic processes
(iv) Disorders of E. coli growth resulted from EMF of 70.6 GHz and 73 GHz
(v) Increased secretion of beta-galactosidase
(vi) Highly resistant to EMF & MF due to autoregulation of numerous biological processes
(vii) No difference between various field frequencies (probably thanks to slight temperature changes at the cellular level)
[6971, 7378]