Effect of dispersion of electric parameters of bacterial cells on their orientation in alternating electric fields
Fomchenkov, V.M.; Mazanov, A.L.; Brezgunov, V.N.
Biofizika 27(4): 665-669
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0006-3029 PMID: 7126664 Document Number: 187592
On the basis of an electrophysical model of bacterial cell frequency, the relationship of orienting force moment acting on it in an alternating electric field was calculated. Dependence of relative value of the moment on electric and geometrical parameters of the model was calculated. The account of frequency dispersion of the electric parameters brings about a change in the course of frequency relationship of the orienting moment in the range of low and mean frequencies. The data obtained agree with electrooptic measurements performed on Escherichia coli cells.