Figure 2. Bacterial cell response to EMF exposure.
Typical scanning electron micrographs of P. maritimus KMM 3738, S. aureus ATCC 25923, S. aureus CIP 65.8T and S. epidermidis ATCC 14990T cells at 1 min and 10 min after EMF exposure. No significant change of cell morphology was observed (insets). Scale bars are 10 μm, inset scale bars are 200 nm. CLSM images showing intake of 23.5 nm nanospheres (second row) and 46.3 nm nanospheres (third row), 1 min after EMF exposure. After 10 min both types of nanospheres were not able to be internalized by the cells. The phase contrast images in the bottom row show the bacterial cells in the same field of view. Scale bars are 5 μm.
