[A source of energy for survival and amplification of heterotrophic microorganisms in the absence of organic substrate. I. Formulation of a hypothesis].

The dynamic characteristics of populations of heterotrophic microorganisms Escherichia coli incubated in a medium devoid of organic substrate were studied. It was found that the population dynamics is related to the electromagnetic environment. A mathematical and physical models of cell multiplication in a medium free of organic substrate were constructed. In these models the natural electromagnetic background near the Earth surface serves as a source of free energy.