EFFECTS OF HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS ON MICRO-ORGANISMS .3. LYSIS OF ERYTHROCYTES AND PROTOPLASTS
EFFECTS OF HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS ON MICRO-ORGANISMS .3. LYSIS OF ERYTHROCYTES AND PROTOPLASTS
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DOI:
10.1016/0005-2736(68)90030-8
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发表时间:
1968-01-01
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HAMILTON, WA
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作者:
SALE, AJH;HAMILTON, WA
The lysis of bacterial protoplasts, spheroplasts and erythrocytes by high electric fields has been examined. Fields up to 25 kV/cm were applied as a series of direct current pulses to suspensions of the cells; the degree of lysis of a populatoin depended upon the field strength. The potential difference across the membrane of the spherical cell has been calculated; lysis occurred when this potential difference reached about 1 V (values ranged from 0.7 to 1.15 V according to the species). It is suggested that the potential may cause conformational changes in the membrane structure resulting in the observed loss of its semipermeable properties.