Elucidation of functional groups on gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial surfaces using infrared spectroscopy

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作者
Jiang, W [1 ]
Saxena, A
Song, B
Ward, BB
Beveridge, TJ
Myneni, SCB
机构
[1] Princeton Univ, Dept Geosci, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[2] Univ Guelph, Dept Microbiol, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
[3] Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Div Earth Sci, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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10.1021/la049043+
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
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Surface functional group chemistry of intact Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial cells and their isolated cell walls was examined as a function of pH, growth phase, and growth media (for intact cells only) using. attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy. Infrared spectra of aqueous model organic molecules, representatives of the common functional groups found in bacterial cell walls (i.e., hydroxyl, carboxyl, phosphoryl, and amide groups), were also examined in order to assist the interpretation of the infrared spectra of bacterial samples. The surface sensitivity of the ATR-FTIR spectroscopic technique was evaluated using diatom cells, which possess a several-nanometers-thick layer of glycoprotein on their silica shells. The ATR-FTIR spectra of bacterial surfaces exhibit carboxyl, amide, phosphate, and carbohydrate related features, and these are identical for both Gram-positive and Gram-negative cells. These results provide direct evidence to the previously held conviction that the negative charge of bacterial surfaces is derived from the deprotonation of both carboxylates and phosphates. Variation in solution pH has only a minor effect on the secondary structure of the cell wall proteins. The cell surface functional group chemistry is altered neither by the growth phase nor by the growth medium of bacteria. This study reveals the universality of the functional group chemistry of bacterial cell surfaces.
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页码:11433 / 11442
页数:10
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