title: Bacterial detection & identification using electrochemical sensors.
abstract: Electrochemical sensors are widely used for rapid and accurate measurement of blood glucose and can be adapted for detection of a wide variety of analytes. Electrochemical sensors operate by transducing a biological recognition event into a useful electrical signal. Signal transduction occurs by coupling the activity of a redox enzyme to an amperometric electrode. Sensor specificity is either an inherent characteristic of the enzyme, glucose oxidase in the case of a glucose sensor, or a product of linkage between the enzyme and an antibody or probe. Here, we describe an electrochemical sensor assay method to directly detect and identify bacteria. In every case, the probes described here are DNA oligonucleotides. This method is based on sandwich hybridization of capture and detector probes with target ribosomal RNA (rRNA). The capture probe is anchored to the sensor surface, while the detector probe is linked to horseradish peroxidase (HRP). When a substrate such as 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) is added to an electrode with capture-target-detector complexes bound to its surface, the substrate is oxidized by HRP and reduced by the working electrode. This redox cycle results in shuttling of electrons by the substrate from the electrode to HRP, producing current flow in the electrode.
authors: Research Service, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.
authors: Colin
authors: C
authors: Halford
authors: Vincent
authors: V
authors: Gau
authors: Bernard M
authors: BM
authors: Churchill
authors: David A
authors: DA
authors: Haake
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012335:RNA, Ribosomal
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