Analyzing effects of ELF electromagnetic fields on removing bacterial biofilm

Turhan Karaguler; Hasan Kahraman; Melek Tuter

doi:10.1016/j.bbe.2016.11.005

Analyzing effects of ELF electromagnetic fields on removing bacterial biofilm

Turhan Karaguler^*, Hasan Kahraman, Melek Tuter

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Department of Chemical Engineering

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Abstract

Use of extremely low frequency electromagnetic field (ELF-EMF) to prevent and/or remove bacterial biofilm formation is rather a new research area. However the technique is becoming popular as the conventional methods such as antimicrobial surfaces, quorum-sensing and usage of phage are mostly insufficient. In this work, 1 mT–50 Hz and 100 Hz magnetic fields are applied on bacterial biofilm produced locally in our MOBGAM laboratory and found reasonable level of success of its removal.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	336-340
Number of pages	5
Journal	Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Volume	37
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbe.2016.11.005
Publication status	Published - 2017

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