ArticleScientific reports2025
Investigating the effects of microwave plasma on bacterial cell structures, viability, and membrane integrity.
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- Effect of short-duration microwave treatments on flower development and secondary metabolite production in Agastache rugosa.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Cold microwave plasma jets for wound healing: antimicrobial efficacy, mechanisms and changes in microbial cells.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Reactive oxygen species-mediated inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus induced by pulsed plasma treatment: influence of duty ratio and unit time.Archives of microbiology · 2026Article
- Microwave Treatment for Citrus Huanglongbing Control: Pathogen Elimination and Metabolomic Analysis.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Breaking the barrier: disruption of bacterial biofilms using microwave radiation.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Plasma-mediated bacterial inactivation holds great promise but presents several challenges. This study investigates the antibacterial effect of 2.45 GHz non-thermal microwave (MW) plasma on Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Salmonella abony (S. abony) suspended in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS). A 6-log reduction in both bacterial strains was achieved within 300 s of plasma exposure. The enhanced inactivation is attributed to elevated levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), particularly
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