| Literature DB >> 28423269 |
Bradley Duncan1, Ngoc D B Le1, Colleen Alexander1, Akash Gupta1, Gulen Yesilbag Tonga1, Mahdieh Yazdani1, Ryan F Landis1, Li-Sheng Wang1, Bo Yan1, Serdar Burmaoglu2, Xiaoning Li1, Vincent M Rotello1.
Abstract
We present here a highly efficient sensor for bacteria that provides an olfactory output, allowing detection without the use of instrumentation and with a modality that does not require visual identification. The sensor platform uses nanoparticles to reversibly complex and inhibits lipase. These complexes are disrupted in the presence of bacteria, restoring enzyme activity and generating scent from odorless pro-fragrance substrate molecules. This system provides rapid (15 min) sensing and very high sensitivity (102 cfu/mL) detection of bacteria using the human sense of smell as an output.Entities:
Keywords: bacteria; enzymes; human olfaction; nanoparticles; self-assembly
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28423269 PMCID: PMC5848077 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b00822
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Nano ISSN: 1936-0851 Impact factor: 15.881