Vol. 5 (07) pp. 1624-1629 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4877

ARE MOBILE RADIATIONS HARMFUL FOR BACTERIA? A CASE STUDY.

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  • Department of Physics, Dum Dum Motijheel College.
  • Department of Microbiology, Dum Dum Motijheel College,.
  • Department of Botany, Dum Dum Motijheel College.
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Abstract

As a cascading effect of electronic revolution and modernization of civilization use of cell phones and related other accessory gadgets emitting low frequency microwaves are increasing day by day. Though many reports are available on the effect of electromagnetic radiation of such kind on animal and plant system but its effect on microbial system is to some extent bewildering. In this article using E. coli as a model organism the effect of mobile waves of different frequencies on the growth has been tested. The aim of this experiment is to prove whether the mobile frequencies are actually harmful or risk-free to microbes using E. coli as a case study.

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How to Cite This Article

K.Biswas, A. K. Nayek, J.Basu, A. Ghosh and P. Giri. (2017); ARE MOBILE RADIATIONS HARMFUL FOR BACTERIA? A CASE STUDY., Int. J. of Adv. Res., 5 (07), 1624-1629, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4877

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Dr. PRANAB GIRI
Dum Dum Motijheel College; ,1, Motijheel Avenue, Kolkata -700074 ,West Bengal, India.
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