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Table 3 FTIR spectrum analysis of functional groups of EPS present in biofilms of stucco mask

From: Implications of colonizing biofilms and microclimate on west stucco masks at North Acropolis, Tikal, Guatemala

Sample 1

Sample 2

Functional group

Absorption bands

 

3315

3315

Hydroxyl group (−OH)

2928

2928

Alkyl group (−CH 2 -)

 

1805

Carboxyl group (−COOH), aldehyde group (−CHO) or esterfunction (−COOR)

1642

1642

Carbonyl group (−C = O or –CHO)

Amide group (NH 2 )

1450

1450

Alkyl group (−CH 2 - or –CH 3 )

1036

1036

Hydroxyl group (−OH)