Effects of high electric fields on microorganisms: II. Mechanism of action of the lethal effect

• Published in: Biochimica et biophysica acta. General subjects Vol. 148; no. 3; pp. 789 - 800
• Main Authors: Hamilton, W.A., Sale, A.J.H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 27.12.1967
• Subjects: o-nitrophenyl- β-galactoside; ONPG

1. 1. The mechanism by which high electric field strengths, delivered as a series of pulses of direct current, kill vegetative bacterial cells in suspension has been studied. Membrane damage was demonstrated by the lysis of erythrocytes and protoplasts, the leakage of intracellular contents, the los...