The formula for the natural frequency of torsional vibrations of the DNA helix is obtained by methods of mathematical physics. The data on the dependence of E. coli survival on the time of exposure to centimeter waves were analyzed, the numerical coefficient in the resulting formula was determined. According to this formula, the resonant frequency for the DNA of another strain of E. coli was found. When irradiated with centimeter waves of this frequency, a significant decrease in the survival rate of another strain of E. coli was obtained. Similar experiments on three other bacterial cultures confirmed the validity of the formula obtained.
Cite this paper
Ikhlov, B. L. , Tregubova, I. E. and Ratkin, L. S. (2023). About the Method of Increasing the Effectiveness of Antibiotics Using Microwaves. Open Access Library Journal, 10, e434. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1110434.
Malinovskaya, S.L., Monich, V.A., Pyatova, E.D., Lyutov, S.I., Lazukin, V.F., Malinovsky, D.S. and Sizov, Yu.A. (2011) The Effect of Radio Waves on the Lysogenic Cells of E. coli and Bacteriophage. Bulletin of the Nizhny Novgorod University Named after N.I. Lobachevsky, No. 2, 90-93.
Tekutskaya, E.E. and Vasiladi, R.V. (2017) Structural Damage to the DNA of Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes under the Influence of Physical Factors. Human Ecology, 24, 9-14. https://doi.org/10.33396/1728-0869-2017-12-9-14
Antipov, S.S. (2005) Adaptive Response of E. coli Cells to Low-Intensity Microwave EMR Exposure. Collection of Abstracts of the Conference “Biology-Science of the XXI Century”, Pushchino, 18-22 April 2005, 176-183.
Anshelevich, V.V., Vologda, A.V., Lukashin, A.V. and Frank-Kamenetsky, M.D. (1974) The Problem of Knots in the Statistical Mechanics of Polymer Chains. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, 66, 2163-2173.
Gaiduk, V.I., Khurgin, Yu.I. and Kudryashova, V.A. (1973) Prospects for Studying the Mechanisms of Non-Thermal Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation of the Millimeter and Submillimeter Ranges on Biologically Active Compounds. Successes of Physical Sciences, 111, 466-469. https://doi.org/10.3367/UFNr.0110.197307t.0466
Kovaleva, N.A., Manevich, L.I., Musienko, A.I. and Savin, A.V. (2009) Low-Frequency Localized Oscillations of the DNA Double Strand. Polymer Science Series A, 51, 833-847. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965545X09070104
Traves, A.A. and Thompson, J.M.T. (2004) An Introduction of Mechanics of DNA. Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 362, 1265-1279. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2004.1392
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4142413?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Strick, T., Allemand, J.-F., Croquette, V. and Bensimon, D. (2000) Twisting and Stretching Single DNA Molecules. Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology, 74, 115-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6107(00)00018-3
Kozmin, G.V. and Egorova, V.I. (2006) Stability of Biocenoses in Conditions of Changing Electromagnetic Properties of the Biosphere. Biomed. Technologies and Radio Electronics, No. 3, 61-72.
Ikhlov, B.L., Volkhin, I.L. and Oshchepkov, A.Y. (2022) Resonant Absorption of Microwaves by DNA Molecules. Radiation Biology. Radioecology, 62, 628-632.
