Raman spectroscopy for the characterization of algal cells

Ota Samek; Alexandr Jonáš; Zdeněk Pilát; Pavel Zemánek; Ladislav Nedbal; Jan Tříska; Petr Kotas; Martin Trtílek

doi:10.1117/12.882196

14 December 2010 Raman spectroscopy for the characterization of algal cells

Ota Samek, Alexandr Jonáš, Zdeněk Pilát, Pavel Zemánek, Ladislav Nedbal, Jan Tříska, Petr Kotas, Martin Trtílek

Proceedings Volume 7746, 17th Slovak-Czech-Polish Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics; 77460X (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.882196
Event: 17th Slovak-Czech-Polish Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, 2010, Liptovsky Jan, Slovakia

Abstract

Raman spectroscopy can elucidate fundamental questions about intercellular variability and what governs it. Moreover, knowing the metabolic response on single cell level this can significantly contribute to the study and use of microalgae in systems biology and biofuel technology. Raman spectroscopy is capable to measure nutrient dynamics and metabolism in vivo, in real-time, label free making it possible to monitor/evaluate population variability. Also, degree of unsaturation of the algae oil (iodine value) can be measured using Raman spectra obtained from single microalgae. The iodine value is the determination of the amount of unsaturation contained in fatty acids (in the form of double bonds). Here we demonstrate the capacity of the spatially resolved Raman microspectroscopy to determine the effective iodine value in lipid storage bodies of individual living algal cells. We employed the characteristic peaks in the Raman scattering spectra at 1,656 cm^-1 (cis C=C stretching mode) and 1,445 cm^-1 (CH₂ scissoring mode) as the markers defining the ratio of unsaturated-to-saturated carbon-carbon bonds of the fatty acids in the algal lipids.

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Ota Samek, Alexandr Jonáš, Zdeněk Pilát, Pavel Zemánek, Ladislav Nedbal, Jan Tříska, Petr Kotas, and Martin Trtílek "Raman spectroscopy for the characterization of algal cells", Proc. SPIE 7746, 17th Slovak-Czech-Polish Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, 77460X (14 December 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.882196

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