Analysis of selected biological objects used in the study of their ultra-weak luminescence (review)

Abstract

An analysis of the literature on the use of onion roots and bacterial cultures as detectors, in many studies and inductors has been carried out. A comparison of the onion detection method with a modern analogue (Allium test) has been made and the main shortcomings in the analysis of the results of experiments involving bacterial cultures have been determined.
To elucidate the significant conditions of the experiments, an analysis was performed on twenty steps of the onion method of ultra-weak ultraviolet luminescence detection used by the school of A.G. Gurvich and other researchers, including critics of the ‘onion’ experiment, and the Allium-test.
From our point of view, the results published by A.G. Gurvich and his colleagues, as well as Gurvich's analysis of his own results and critical works on the "onion" experiment indicate a high statistical reliability of the scientific heritage of the pioneers of ultra-weak luminescence of biological objects.
In initial detection studies, the authors used Escheriehia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Bacillus anthracoides and several other species as bacteria. However, the following characteristics of bacteria were not taken into account in the data analysis: the absence of mitosis, cell polarity, differences in the mechanisms of division of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, and the characteristics of spore-forming bacteria. Undoubtedly, modern knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of bacteria will contribute to the expansion of knowledge about the interaction of bacteria and their possible influence on the processes of division from the point of view of mitogenetic radiation.

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Irina I. Kontsevaya
PhD in Biology, Assoc. Prof.department of biology
Republic of Belarus

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