Journal of Analytical & Bioanalytical Techniques
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Research Article

PCR-Free Ultrasensitive Capacitive Biosensor for Selective Detection and Quantification of Enterobacteriacea DNA

Ally Mahadhy¹, Gashaw Mamo¹, Eva Ståhl-Wernersson¹, Bo Mattiasson^1,2 and Martin Hedström^1,2*

¹Department of Biotechnology, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden

²CapSenze HB, Medicon Village, SE-22838 Lund, Sweden

*Corresponding Author:

Martin Hedström
Department of Biotechnology,Lund University
P.O. Box 124, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
Tel: +46 46-222 75 78
Fax: +46 46-222 47 13
E-mail: Martin.Hedstrom@biotek.lu.se

Received date: September 12, 2014; Accepted date: October 07 2014; Published date: October 10, 2014

Citation: Mahadhy A, Mamo G, Ståhl-Wernersson E, Mattiasson B, Hedström M (2014) PCR-Free Ultrasensitive Capacitive Biosensor for Selective Detection and Quantification of Enterobacteriacea DNA. J Anal Bioanal Tech 5:210 doi: 10.4172/2155-9872.1000210

Copyright: © 2014 Mahadhy A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

This paper presents a flow-based ultrasensitive capacitive biosensor for the detection of bacterial DNA. The used sensor chip consists of a gold electrode, insulated with a polytyramine layer and covalently tagged with a DNA capture probe. The hybridization of target DNA to the capture probe resulted in sensor response. The sensor response was linear vs. log concentration in the range 1.0 × 10^-12 to 1.0 × 10^-7 moles per litre with a detection limit of 6.5 × 10^-13 M. An alternative approach to bacterial DNA sample preparation for a flow-based analysis is also reported. The approach involved application of a thermostable ssDNA binding protein to prevent re-annealing of a heatdenatured target DNA prior to analysis. During analysis, formamide was integrated in the running buffer to denature ET SSB. E. coli DNA corresponding to 10 cells per millilitre of sample was detected in 15 min by this DNA-sensor. The sensor chip could be re-used up to 20 times with RSD of < 6%. The DNA-sensor chip was able to discriminate between Enterobacteriaceae (E. coli) and Lactobacillaceae (L. reuteri) DNAs. The reported DNA-sensor lays the groundwork for incorporating the method into an integrated system for in-field bacteria detection.

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