title: Fluorescent labels in biosensors for pathogen detection.
abstract: Infectious diseases caused by pathogens have become a life-threatening problem for millions of people around the world in recent years. Therefore, the need of efficient, fast, low-cost and user-friendly biosensing systems to monitor pathogen has increased enormously in the last few years. This paper presents an overview of different fluorescent labels and the utilization of fluorescence-based biosensor techniques for rapid, direct, sensitive and real-time identification of bacteria. In these biosensors, organic dyes, nanomaterials and rare-earth elements are playing an increasing role in the design of biosensing systems with an interest for applications in bacterial analysis.
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Analytical Instrumentation, Analytical & Testing Centre, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University , Chengdu , P. R. China and.
authors.forename: Bianmiao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qiaoling
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yixiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Duan
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria; D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007118:Immunoassay
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes
keywords: Carbon nanotube; carbon quantum dot; fluorescence-based biosensor; fluorescent labels; organic dye; pathogen detection; rare-earth elements; semiconductor quantum dots