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Effect of microwave radiation on Candida albicans
S Rosaspina1, G Salvatorelli, D Anzanel
1Department of Histology and Embryology, University of Ferrara, Italy.
Microbios
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
Microwave exposure (90 s) provides an effective, rapid sterilization for surgical scalpel blades which have been contaminated with Candida albicans. SEM analysis showed that microwave irradiation induced a morphological modification of the cells. The longer the exposure time the greater such alterations and this micro-organism in effect fractures after 9 min. No evidence was found of morphological alteration of the fungus after being submerged in boiling water for the same amount of time even though cell death was actually achieved.