Identification and characterization of pigmented photoreceptor-producing microorganisms using FTIR spectroscopy

Isolation, Identification and Characterization of Lipase Producing Microorganisms from Environment

Objective: Lipases represent an important group of hydrolytic proteins. These enzymes find numerous applications in the industrial sector to provide regioselective molecules of commercial interest. The present investigation was carried out to isolate and identify a bacterium that can quickly produce this enzyme from very simple and cost effective nutrient medium. Materials and Methods: Lipid as...

Isolation and Identification of Antibiotic Producing Microorganisms

Characterization of microorganisms using UV resonance Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics.

The past decade has seen an increased interest in the application of several physicochemical analytical techniques for the rapid detection and identification of microorganisms. We report the development of UV resonance Raman (UVRR) spectroscopy for the reproducible acquisition of information rich Raman fingerprints from endospore-forming bacteria belonging to the genera Bacillus and Brevibacill...

Characterization of Oil Shale by Ftir Spectroscopy

The o p t i c a l advantages and d a t a handl ing c a p a b i l i t i e s of F o u r i e r transform inf r a r e d (FT-IR) ins t ruments have l e d t o a resurgence of t h e use of i n f r a r e d spec t roscopy f o r t h e c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n of energy r e l a t e d m a t e r i a l s . Most of t h e work t h a t has so f a r been r e p o r t e d has involved t h e c h a r a c t e ...

Detection and Identification of Microorganisms in Mixed Cultures by Nanoparticle-Induced Nanospr Enhanced FTIR Spectroscopy and Chemometrics

Routine identification of pathogenic microorganisms predominantly based on nutritional and biochemical tests is a time-consuming process; the delay may lead to fatal consequences at times. In this work, nanoparticle-induced nanoSPR enhanced IR spectroscopy was used in conjunction with a background elimination data processing algorithm to directly identify microorganisms in mixed cultures. It wa...

Isolation and FTIR spectroscopy characterization of chitin from local sources

Chitin the second most abundant after cellulose biopolymer found in nature after, is produced by many living organisms, and is present usually in a complex with other polysaccharides and proteins. Chitin was found as a major component in arthropods (insects, crustaceans, arachnids and myriapods), nematodes, algae and fungi. In this study Chitin was isolated from various species (crab, squilla, ...