抄録
In this study, we investigated whether very-low-frequency (VLF) magnetic fields induce DNA damage or physiological abnormality in bacterial cells containing bacteriophage λ. After exposure to magnetic fields (20 kHz, 1 mT and 20 kHz, 0.5 mT) for about 4 and 8 hours, the prophages shifted to lytic growth more often than control group, and after exposure to an extremely-low-frequency (ELF) magnetic field (60 Hz, 45 mT) for 8 hours, they shifted to lytic growth twice as often as the control group. These results suggest that both VLF (20 kHz, 1 mT and 20 kHz, 0.5 mT) and ELF (60 Hz, 45 mT) magnetic fields induce physiological damage in bacterial cells.
