Monitoring TriAcylGlycerols Accumulation by Atomic Force Microscopy Based Infrared Spectroscopy in Streptomyces Species for Biodiesel Applications.
An atomic force microscope coupled with a tunable infrared laser source (AFM-IR) was used to measure the size and map the distribution of oil inclusions inside of microorganism without staining or other special sample preparation. The microorganism under study is Streptomyces, a soil bacterium that possesses the capability, under some specific nutritional conditions, to store its carbon source into TriAcylGlycerols, a potential direct source of biodiesel.
['Deniset-Besseau|Ariane|A|', 'Prater|Craig B|CB|', 'Virolle|Marie-Joëlle|MJ|', 'Dazzi|Alexandre|A|']
infrared nanospectroscopy soil filamentous bacteria third-generation bio-oil