The Effect of Various Ultra High Frequency Radiation on the Evolution of the Staphylococcus aureus

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak of Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) on March 2020. Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) is the cause of the COVID-19 disease. Staphylococcus aureus, like SARS-CoV2, is a harmful microorganism. Once the skin is breached, S. aureus can cause infections like pneumonia and skin infections. The coinfections between these two microorganisms present high risk on human health. This study deals with investigating the effect of electromagnetic radiation on Staphylococcus aureus. It focuses on exposing the S. aureus bacteria samples to different Ultra High Frequencies (UHF). The number of bacterial colonies that grew from the exposed sample and unexposed samples were assessed. The average bacterial growth was 90.51%. This means that some of the bacteria did not survive after exposure to radiation. This result showed that some of the UHFs had affected the growth of Staphylococcus aureus. The correlation between the frequency and the growth of the bacteria was also calculated by means of computing the Pearson Correlation coefficient. The result is 0.4344 which signifies a small positive linear relation between the two parameters mentioned. These results can be preliminary stage on exploring other possible application of electromagnetic radiation in prevention of diseases.