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BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
Volume 26, Issue 7, Pages 3325-3330Publisher
ELSEVIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2011.01.007
Keywords
DNA electrochemical biosensor; Magnetic beads; Hybridization detection; E. coli
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- National Nature Science Foundation of China [20775026, 21075041, 20874029]
- Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [1052nm06500]
- Shanghai Rising-Star Program [07QA14018]
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process
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A new type of DNA sequence-specific electrochemical biosensor based on magnetic beads for the detection of Escherichia coli is reported in the present work. Alginic acid-coated cobalt magnetic beads, capped with 5'-(NH2) oligonucleotide and employed not only for magnetic separation but also as the solid adsorbent, were used as DNA probes to hybridize with the target E. coli DNA sequence. This assay was specific for E. coli detection depending on the uid A gene, which encodes for the enzyme beta-D-glucuronidase produced by E. coli strains. When daunomycin (DNR) was used as DNA hybridization indicator, the target sequences of E. coli hybridized with the probes resulted in the decrease of DNR reduction peak current, which was proportional to the E. coli concentration. The optimization of the hybridization detection was carried out and the specificity of the probes was also demonstrated. This DNA biosensor can be employed to detect a complementary target sequence for 3.0 x 10(-10) mol/L and denatured PCR products for 0.5 ng/mu L. The linear range of the developed biosensor for the detection of E. coli cells was from 1.0 x 10(2) to 2.0 x 10(3) cells/mL with a detection limit of 50 cells/mL After a brief enrichment process, a concentration of 10 cells/mL E. coli in real water samples was detected by the electrochemical biosensor. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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