Background Fourier transform mid-infrared (FT–IR) microspectroscopy is a label-free optical method based on the interaction between an incident light beam and matter. This vibrational spectroscopy permits to probe the biochemical composition of the analyzed sample and thus gives information about the structure of this sample. Associated with an imaging system, FT–IR microspectroscopy of human t...

Filip Z., Hermann S., Demnerová K. (2008): FT-IR spectroscopic characteristics of differently cultivated Escherichia coli. Czech J. Food Sci., 26: 458–463. FT-IR spectra were recorded of Escherichia coli cell mass with the aim of obtaining spectral traits possibly useful in a rapid detection and characterisation of this indicator bacterium. A well differentiated spectrum was obtained from the c...