title: Application of photostable quantum dots for indirect immunofluorescent detection of specific bacterial serotypes on small marine animals.
abstract: An indirect immunofluorescence approach was developed using semiconductor quantum dot nanocrystals to label and detect a specific bacterial serotype of the bacterial human pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus, attached to small marine animals (i.e. benthic harpacticoid copepods), which are suspected pathogen carriers. This photostable labeling method using nanotechnology will potentially allow specific serotypes of other bacterial pathogens to be detected with high sensitivity in a range of systems, and can be easily applied for sensitive detection to other Vibrio species such as Vibrio cholerae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Alan W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Decho
authors.forename: Erin M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Beckman
authors.forename: G Thomas
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Chandler
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi