Why Microorganisms Hate Magnets

The desel bugs are not metallic, so why are they affected by a magnetic field?

By the time the bugs have grown so they can be visabily seen, they have formed colonies consisting of millions of individual cells. De-Bug works on each individual cell, preventing the formation of these colonies. To understand this process, we need to look we need to look at the make-up of a single cell, which is smaller than a single micron.

All microorganisms are single-celled organisms surrounded by a phospholipid membrane. The purpose of the membrane is two-fold. First, it physically contains the cell's organelles and the other cellular machinery (proteins) needed for survival. Second, it maintains a separation between the intracellular and extracellular salt solutions in which the cell exists (Plate No.1). This separation of the ions across the bacterial cell wall and the maintenance of the impermeable phospholipid membrane is essential for cell life.

The bacterial cell membrane contains protein channels that transport different ions across the membrane to control both electrical and chemical potential that exists across it (Plate No. 2).

When microorganisms are subjected to a specific magnetic flux field, the ability of the protein channels to maintain the electrical and chemical potential across the cell's membrane is greatly affected. In brief, the membrane is drastically torn apart and the microorganism is destroyed.

The question arises -- What remains after the microorganism is ripped apart?

Since we are dealing with microbe sized organisms, the resulting debris after destruction are sub-micron in size. These debris stay suspended in solution and are small enough to pass through primary and secondary filters, delivery pumps, diesel pressure pumps and injector tips. They are then burned with the fuel, leaving no hazardous material with which to contend.