Investigating the Potential of Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry for Microalgae Biomass Characterization

• Published in: Analytical chemistry (Washington) Vol. 91; no. 14; pp. 9266 - 9276
• Main Authors: Fasciotti, Maíra, Souza, Gustavo H. M. F, Astarita, Giuseppe, Costa, Ingrid C. R, Monteiro, Thays. V. C, Teixeira, Claudia M. L. L, Eberlin, Marcos N, Sarpal, Amarijt S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 16.07.2019
• Subjects: Algae; Analytical chemistry; bioenergy industry; Biofuels; Biomass; Biotechnology; Chemistry; feedstocks; fuel production; Growth conditions; Ionic mobility; Ionization; Ions; Lipid metabolism; Lipids; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Mass spectroscopy; Metabolites; Microalgae; Mobility; monitoring; Scientific imaging; Spectroscopy; Traveling waves; triacylglycerols; Triglycerides; ultra-performance liquid chromatography; Workflow

Algae biomass is formed by an extremely complex set of metabolites, and its molecular characterization has been very challenging. We report the characterization of microalgae extracts via traveling wave ion mobility–mass spectrometry (TWIM-MS) by two different analysis strategies. First, the extract...