Journal
BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 3, Issue -, Pages 485-492Publisher
BEILSTEIN-INSTITUT
DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.3.55
Keywords
biosensors; E. coli; FTIR spectroscopy; foodborne pathogens; nanomaterials
Funding
- Legge 7, Regione autonoma della Sardegna, IDRISK Project
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Infections due to enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (Escherichia coli) have a low incidence but can have severe and sometimes fatal health consequences, and thus represent some of the most serious diseases due to the contamination of water and food. New, fast and simple devices that monitor these pathogens are necessary to improve the safety of our food supply chain. In this work we report on mesoporous titania thin-film substrates as sensors to detect E. coli O157:H7. Titania films treated with APTES ((3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane) and GA (glutaraldehyde) were functionalized with specific antibodies and the absorption properties monitored. The film-based biosensors showed a detection limit for E. coli of 1 x 10(2) CFU/mL, constituting a simple and selective method for the effective screening of water samples.
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