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. 2017 Jan 24;7:41292. doi: 10.1038/srep41292

Table 1. Observed bands in the IR spectra (3800–600 cm−1) of the mycelium samples grown on the different feeding substrates.

Assignment Wavenumber (cm−1) (Intensitya)  
G. lucidum cellulose G. lucidum PDB-cellulose P. ostreatus cellulose P. ostreatus PDB-cellulose Mycelium component (main contribution)
O-H stretching 3360 (s) 3342 (s) 3315 (s) 3294 (s) Polysaccharides
CH2 asymmetric stretching 2932 (m) 2926 (s) 2922 (m) 2924 (m) Lipids
CH2 symmetric stretching 2855 (m) 2855 (s) 2855 (m) 2853 (m) Lipids
Ester C=O stretching   1743 (m) 1736 (sh, w) 1734 (sh, w) Lipids
Amide I (β-turn) 1686 (m) 1668 (m) 1670 (m) 1670 (m) Proteins
Amide I (β-sheet) 1643 (m) 1645 (m) 1645 (m) 1645 (m) Proteins
Amide II 1545 (w) 1543 (w) 1543 (w) 1543 (w) Proteins
CH2 bending 1452 (m) 1454 (m) 1454 (m) 1454 (m) Lipids
C-H bending 1375 (w) 1373 (w) 1371 (w) 1371 (w) Chitin
Amide III 1275 (w) 1282 (w)     Proteins
PO2- asymmetric stretching 1248 (w) 1248 (w) 1252 (w) 1248 (w) Nucleic acids
C-C stretching + C-O stretching + C-H deformation 1202 (w) 1202 (w) 1202 (w) 1202 (w) Polysaccharides
C-OH stretching 1148 (w) 1148 (m) 1142 (sh, m) 1134 (sh, m) Polysaccharides
C-O stretching 1063 (vs) 1068 (vs) 1063 (vs) 1067 (vs) Polysaccharides
C-C stretching 1044 (vs) 1042 (vs) 1030 (vs) 1030 (vs) Polysaccharides
Glucan β-anomer C-H bending 889 (w) 893 (w) 893 (w) 891 (w) Polysaccharides
Mannan band 800 (w) 800 (w) 800 (w) 800 (w) Polysaccharides

as: strong, m: medium, w- weak, vs: very strong, vw: very weak, b: broad, sh: shoulder.