The nonthermal ELF-EP technique decrease the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics

Ebtesam A. Mohamad; Fadel M. Ali; Naglaa Moussa Balabel; Mai Ramadan Mostafa

doi:10.1080/03235408.2022.2125144

The nonthermal ELF-EP technique decrease the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics

Ebtesam A. Mohamad, Fadel M. Ali, Naglaa Moussa Balabel, Mai Ramadan Mostafa

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Extreme low-frequency square positive electric pulses (ELF-EP) are a technique that used in controlling plant pathogens. In this study, we have studied the exposure of Erwinia amylovora (the causal of pear trees fire blight) to different frequencies ranged from 0.7 − 1.6 Hz and different exposure time with pulse duration 1 ms and constant field strength 400 V/m. The results indicate that exposing to 1.4 Hz for 2 hrs decreases the E. amylovora growth. After exposing ELF-EP, antibiotic treatments were caused complete growth inhibition. This study concluded that ELF-EP exposure for 1.4 Hz for 2 hrs rupture the bacterium cell wall and disrupts the cell membrane permeability, which increases the efficacy of antibiotic treatments in bacterial cell growth inhibition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1944-1960
Number of pages	17
Journal	Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection
Volume	55
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03235408.2022.2125144
State	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Erwinia Amylovora
Extreme low-frequency square positive electric pulses (ELF-EP)
fire blight

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The nonthermal ELF-EP technique decrease the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics

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