publication . Article . 2008

FTIR spectroscopic studies of bacterial cellular responses to environmental factors, plant-bacterial interactions and signalling

Name: FTIR spectroscopic studies of bacterial cellular responses to environmental factors, plant-bacterial interactions and signalling
Creator: Kamnev, Alexander A.

Kamnev, Alexander A.;

Open Access

Published: 01 Jan 2008 Journal: Spectroscopy, volume 22, pages 83-95 (issn: 0712-4813, eissn: 1875-922X,

Publisher: Hindawi Limited

Summary

Abstract

Modern spectroscopic techniques are highly useful in studying diverse processes in microbial cells related to or incited by environmental factors. Spectroscopic data for whole cells, supramolecular structures or isolated cellular constituents can reflect structural and/or compositional changes occurring in the course of cellular metabolic responses to the effects of pollutants, environmental conditions (stress factors); nutrients, signalling molecules (communication factors), etc. This information on the molecular level, often obtained using non-destructive techniques with minimal sample preparation, is of importance for basic studies on mechanisms of ba...