title: [The action of helium-neon laser radiation on the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis].
abstract: The growth properties of M. tuberculosis subjected to the action of helium-neon laser radiation was studied. Laser radiation was shown to change the quantitative and qualitative composition of mycobacterial population. Disturbances in the viability of mycobacteria appear as a consequence of changes in the morphological structure of mycobacterial cells. The maximum effect of helium-neon laser radiation was achieved after the irradiation of M. tuberculosis culture on days 2-3 after inoculation. These results made it possible to suggest that the effect of helium-neon laser radiation was most pronounced in cells at the stage of mitosis (the logarithmic stage of growth) with the highest degree of metabolism.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kaliuk
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Maliev
mesh_terms: D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media
vernacular_title: Deĭstvie geliĭ-neonovogo lazernogo izlucheniia na rost Mycobacterium tuberculosis.