ATR-IR	Attenuated-total reflection infrared spectroscopy
BN-PAGE	Blue native-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
EDS	Energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry
ELISA	Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
ESI-MS	Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
FESEM	Field emission scanning electron microscopy
FT-ICR-MS	Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry
FTIR	Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
IR	Infrared spectroscopy
LC-MS/MS	Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry
NMR	Nuclear magnetic resonance
OM	Optical microscopy
Py-GC-MS	Pyrolysis gas-chromatography mass spectrometry
q/TOF-MS	Quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry
SDS-PAGE	Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
SEM	Scanning electron microscopy
SR-FTIR	Synchrotron-radiation Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
TEM	Transmission electron microscopy
TOF-SIMS	Time-of-flight secondary-ion mass spectrometry
UV/VIS	Ultraviolet-visible light
VPSEM	Variable-pressure scanning electron microscopy