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Table 5 Main functional groups of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectra before and after adsorption

From: Adsorption of Cd (II) by a novel living and non-living Cupriavidus necator GX_5: optimization, equilibrium and kinetic studies

Strain type

Before adsorption

(cm−1)

After adsorption

(cm−1)

Differences in shifts (cm−1)

Assignment

Living

3307.31

3367.98

60.67

stretching vibration of O–H and N–H of saccharide

1741.17

1728.50

− 12.67

C=O stretching vibrations from lipids

1185.71

1180.85

− 4.86

C–O and C–C stretching vibrations

Non-living

3415.13

3305.50

− 109.63

stretching vibration of O–H and N–H of saccharide

2979.51

2982.40

2.89

C–H stretching vibrations

2934.62

2931.04

− 3.58

asymmetric C–H stretching vibration

1649.69

1656.34

6.65

stretching vibration of C= O(amide I)

1544.36

1536.76

− 7.6

stretching vibration of C–N and deformation vibration of N–H (amide II)