Specificities of the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Methodology and Interpretation of Spectroscopic Data in Microbiological Analyses

Abstract

In this mini-review, some of the most significant, from the authors’ point of view, features of the methodology of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and interpretation of experimentally obtained spectroscopic data are considered, as applied to the molecular spectrochemical analysis of microbiological objects using examples published in the specialised scientific literature mainly in recent years. Examples of typical inaccuracies and errors both of a methodological nature and arising in the interpretation of spectroscopic data are also presented and briefly discussed.