Against a backdrop of global antibiotic resistance and increasing awareness of the
importance of the human microbiota, there has been resurgent interest in the potential use of …

In nature, different types of bacteria including pathogenic and beneficial ones exist in
different habitats including environment, plants, animals, and humans. Among these, the …

Foodborne microorganisms are an important cause of human illness worldwide. Two-thirds
of human foodborne diseases are caused by bacterial pathogens throughout the globe …

Highlights•Bacteriophages bring new quality and opportunities in bacterial detection.•
Amplification of phages and release of bacterial content can be analytical signals.•Phages …

A new type of carbon nanotube (CNT)-based impedimetric biosensing method has been
developed for rapid and selective detection of live bacterial cells. A proof-of-concept study …

Bacteriophage immobilization is a key unit operation in emerging biotechnologies, enabling
new possibilities for biodetection of pathogenic microbes at low concentration, production of …

Phages are a class of viruses that specifically infect host bacteria. Compared to other
recognition elements, phages offer several advantages such as high specificity, easy to …

Hydrophobicity is one of the most critical factors governing the adsorption of molecules and
objects, such as virions, on surfaces. Even moderate change of wetting angle of plastic …

In this work, a wild-type T4 bacteriophage based micro electrochemical sensor (T4B-MES)
was developed for specific and sensitive detection of viable pathogenic bacteria. Recently …

Bacteria will likely become our most significant enemies of the 21st century, as we are
approaching a post-antibiotic era. Bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, allow us to …