Physiological response of the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans to a magnetic field

Abstract

Physiological responses of the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans to direct and indirect exposures to a 0.3-T permanent magnet for different lengths of time were studied. Direct and indirect exposures, different exposure periods, and different magnetic poles produced significantly different effects. We suggest that the magnetic field (MF) caused these biological effects by inducing changes in the structural chemistry of water. We believe that different water structures caused these effects by influencing the organism's nutrient uptake, and enzymatic activities, and the orientation of precursor biomolecules in the liquid crystalline phase during physiological synthesis.