title: Effects of static magnetic field on growth of leptospire, Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola: immunoreactivity and cell division.
abstract: The effects of the exposure of the bacterium, Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola to a constant magnetic field with magnetic flux density from a permanent ferrite magnet=140+/-5 mT were studied. Changes in Leptospira cells after their exposure to the field were determined on the basis of changes in their growth behavior and agglutination immunoreactivity with a homologous antiserum using dark-field microscopy together with visual imaging. The data showed that the exposed Leptospira cells have lower densities and lower agglutination immunoreactivity than the unexposed control group. Interestingly, some of the exposed Leptospira cells showed abnormal morphologies such as large lengths. We discussed some of the possible reasons for these observations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. scwtr@mahidol.ac.th
authors.forename: Wannapong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Triampo
authors.forename: Galayanee
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Doungchawee
authors.forename: Darapond
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Triampo
authors.forename: Jirasak
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wong-Ekkabut
authors.forename: I-Ming
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Tang