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Table 3 Functional group assignment of FT-IR spectra (adapted from[17])

From: Influence of fermentation conditions on the surface properties and adhesion of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

Wave number (cm-1)

Functional group assignment

1739-1725

stretching CdO of ester functional groups from membrane lipids and fatty acids; stretching CdO of carboxylic acoid

1647

stretching CdO in amides (amide I band); bending -NH and -NH2 of amines

1548

N-H bending and C-N stretching in amides (amide II band); bending -NH and -NH2 of amines

1402

symmetric stretching for deprotonated COO- group

1453

bending CH2/CH3 (scissoring)

1384

symmetric stretching of COO-; bending CH2/CH3

1305

vibration C-N from amides

1300-1250

vibrations of C-O from esters or carboxylic acids

1262

vibrations of -COOH and C-O-H; double bond stretching of > PdO of general phosphoryl groups and phosphodiester of nucleic acids

1225

stretching of PdO in phosphodiester of nucleic acids

1225

stretching CdO in phosphates

1200-950

asymmetric and symmetric stretching of PO2- and P(OH)2 in phosphate; vibration of C-OH, C-O-C, and C-C of polysaccharides

1085

stretching PdO of phosphodiester, phosphorylated proteins, or polyphosphate products

976

symmetric stretching vibration of phosphoryl groups