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JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS
Volume 68, Issue 3, Pages 507-515Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.10.011
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immunosensor; plant disease; monoclonal antibody; surface plasmon resonance; Phytophthora infestans; protein-protein interaction
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Phytophthora infestans is the cause of late blight disease in potato and is an economically important pathogen worldwide. Early disease detection is important to implement disease control measures. In this study a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) immunosensor for detection of P. infestans sporangia is presented. The specificity of an existing mouse monoclonal antibody (phyt/G1470 mAb) against P. infestans was investigated in plate-trapped antigen ELISA and in subtractive inhibition ELISA. No or only limited cross-reactivity was observed against representatives having air-borne spores from Ascomycetes, Deuteromycetes as well as Basidiomycetes. phyt/G]470 mAb was incorporated in a subtractive inhibition SPR assay, consisting of a pre-incubation of mAb and sporangia, a centrifugation step to remove sporangia-bound phyt/G 1470 mAb and quantification of remaining phyt/G 1470 mAb by SPR. Good intra- and interday assay variability was observed and the assay had a detection limit of 2.2 x 10(6) sporangia/ml. Analysis time was 75 min, which is superior to existing P infestans detection methods. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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