Table 1.

Raman band assignment of microbial cells, control and treated cells with PchNPs. The band assignment was made based on previous work [26].

Microorganism	Raman Shift (cm−1)	Band Assignment	Effect on Treated Cells
E. coli	624	Nucleic acids	Diminishes
	810	Aminoacids	Diminishes
	982	Polysaccharides	No changes
	1186	Polysaccharides	Diminishes
	1243	Polysaccharides	Diminishes
	1308	Aminoacids or nucleic acids	Diminishes
	1344	Aminoacids or fatty acids	No changes
	1593	Fatty acids	Diminishes
C. albicans	670	Nucleic acids	Diminishes
	788	Aminoacids	Diminishes
	885	Aminoacids	Diminishes
	999	Polysaccharides	Diminishes
	1100	Polysaccharides	Diminishes
	1319	Aminoacids or nucleic acids	Diminishes
	1596	Fatty acids	Diminishes