Dielectrophoretic Rotation in Budding Yeast Cells
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- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C
- Vol. 35 (11-12) , 1111-1113
- https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-1980-11-1245
Abstract
Rotation of budding yeast cells in an alternating non-uniform electric field of low frequency was investigated. Rotation frequency was found to be proportional to field strength above a threshold, and varied from cell to cell. The threshold is inversely correlated with the moment of inertia of the cells, while the slope of rotation frequency versus field strength increases with the moment. Rotation frequencies varied between 1 and 10 cycles per second. Clear differences between the dielectrophoretic behaviour of living and heat-inactivated yeast cells were observed.Keywords
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