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. 1990;29(2):143-52.
doi: 10.1007/BF01210559.

Influence of non-thermic AC magnetic fields on spore germination in a dimorphic fungus

E Wittekindt  1 , D Broers, G Kraepelin, I Lamprecht
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Influence of non-thermic AC magnetic fields on spore germination in a dimorphic fungus

E Wittekindt et al. Radiat Environ Biophys. 1990.

Abstract

The influence of weak pulsed magnetic fields of low frequencies on the germination rate of Mycotypha africana was tested. This fungus grows as a mycelium (M-culture) or in a yeast-like form (Y-culture) depending upon culture conditions. 5 h and 24 h of field application enhanced the germination rate in a Y-culture up to 2 or 3 times at low intensity levels and decreased it up to a factor 4 at the intensity level "4". M-cultures exhibited the same reaction pattern after 5 h exposition and no effect after 24 h exposition. The Y/M ratio is shifted by low field intensities towards the Y-form. The occurrence of stimulation as well as retardation by neighbouring intensities is discussed.

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