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  • Title: Conducting polymer nanowire-based chemiresistive biosensor for the detection of bacterial spores.
    Author: García-Aljaro C, Bangar MA, Baldrich E, Muñoz FJ, Mulchandani A.
    Journal: Biosens Bioelectron; 2010 Jun 15; 25(10):2309-12. PubMed ID: 20413291.
    Abstract:
    Polypyrrole nanowires (Ppy) were assembled onto microfabricated gold interdigitated microelectrodes, to construct a chemiresistive biosensor for the detection of Bacillus globigii, used as simulant of the threatening bioterrorism agent B. anthracis. The fabricated biosensor showed good linear correlation (r(2)=0.992) for low spore concentrations ranging from 1 to 100 CFU (colony forming units)/mL, a concentration that could be used in a bioterrorism attack, with a response time of 30 min, after which the sensor was saturated. The performance of the biosensor was also assessed in the absence of anti-B. globigii antibodies and in the presence of non-target bacterial cells (Escherichia coli) showing no significant non-specific interactions. We believe that Ppy nanowires are a good platform for the detection and also quantification of large molecules and biocomponents even at low concentrations.
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