Infrared spectra of fungal biomass after bead beating pretreatment and lipid extraction.

<p><i>Mucor circinelloides</i> (A) and <i>Mortierella alpina</i> (B) biomass was subjected to bead beating pretreatment and infrared spectra were recorded of the biomass before (BE) and after extraction of lipids using the methods of Bligh, Folch and Lewis. Bead beating exposure time was 1 min.