The combined action of microwave radiation and hydrogen peroxide on the viability and ultrastructure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells
Kuchma, T.N.; Konstantinova, N.D.; Samoĭlenko, I.S.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 9: 20-23
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 2124021 Document Number: 353275
The comparative study of the action of microwave radiation and hydrogen peroxide, as well as their combined action, on the viability and ultrastructure of P. aeruginosa cells has been made. The combined use of microwave radiation and hydrogen peroxide has been shown to decrease the viability of P. aeruginosa 1.5-2 times in comparison with the isolated action of each factor. The electron microscopic study of the ultrastructure of cells have shown the deterioration of the surface structures, nuclear and ribosomal apparatus of the cells under the isolated action of each of the above-mentioned factors or under their combined action. The morphological picture of these changes has proved to be different. The maximum changes in the ultrastructure of P. aeruginosa cells have been registered after the combined action of these bactericidal factors.