Influence of a Medium’s pH on Paramecium caudatum Cells under Exposure to the Low Temperature Atmospheric Pressure Plasma

It is shown that when exposed to low-temperature atmospheric pressure plasma (LTAPP) on a single-cell culture of Paramecium caudatum as a result of changes in the external conditions (ionic composition of the solution), the nature of the movement changes and the number of viable cells decreases. The viability of Paramecium caudatum cells depends on the time of exposure to the plasma and is correlated with the changes in the pH of the medium. The kinetic features of the processes discovered in the work are analyzed: the aftereffect of exposure to the plasma and the stepwise nature of the cells’ death.