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Morihiro K, Tomida Y, Fukui D, Hasegawa M, Okamoto A. Nucleic Acid-to-Small Molecule Converter through Amplified Hairpin DNA Circuits. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202306587. [PMID: 37704581 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Many microRNAs (miRNAs) are characteristically found in cancer cells, making miRNAs promising marker biomolecules for cancer diagnosis and therapeutics. However, it is challenging to use miRNA as a cancer signature because it is difficult to convert the nucleic acid sequence information into molecular functionality. To address this challenge, we realize nucleic acid-to-small molecule converters using hairpin DNA circuits. Harnessing a Staudinger reduction as a trigger for the conversion, we constructed hybridization chain reaction (HCR) and catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA) circuits that respond to oncogenic miR-21. Fluorophore and dye molecules were released in response to miR-21 through the HCR, providing fluorogenic and chromogenic readouts. Selective cytotoxicity in miR-21-abundant cells was realized by the CHA to release the anticancer drug SN-38. This would be the first example of selective activation of a small-molecule prodrug triggered by oncogenic miRNA in human living cells.
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- Kunihiko Morihiro
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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Yu Z, Zhang J, Chen J, Zhao L, Yu D, Liu L, Dong S. A New Fluorescent Probe Tool: ERNathG. Anal Chem 2023; 95:4261-4265. [PMID: 36802510 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c00075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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β-d-Glucuronidase (GUS) plays a pivotal role in both clinical treatment assessment and environmental monitoring. Existing tools for GUS detection suffer from (1) poor continuity due to a gap between the optimal pH of the probes and the enzyme and (2) diffusion from the detection site due to lack of an anchoring structure. Here we report a novel GUS pH-matching and endoplasmic reticulum-anchoring strategy for GUS recognition. The new fluorescent probe tool was termed ERNathG, which was designed and synthesized with β-d-glucuronic acid as the GUS-specific recognition site and 4-hydroxy-1,8-naphthalimide as a fluorescence reporting group, with a p-toluene sulfonyl as an anchoring group. This probe enabled the continuous and anchored detection of GUS without pH-adjustment for the related assessment of common cancer cell lines and gut bacteria. The probe's properties are far superior to those of commonly used commercial molecules.
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- Zhixuan Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China.,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China.,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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- Jilin Chinese Academy of Sciences - Yanshen Technology Co., Ltd., Changchun 130102, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China.,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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Li T, Li G, Su Z, Liu J, Wang P. Recent advances of sensing strategies for the detection of β-glucuronidase activity. Anal Bioanal Chem 2022; 414:2935-2951. [PMID: 35233695 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-022-03921-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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β-Glucuronidase (β-GLU), a kind of hydrolase, is widely distributed in mammalian tissues, body fluids, and microbiota. Abnormal changes of β-GLU activity are often correlated with the occurrence of diseases and deterioration of water quality. Therefore, detection of β-GLU activity is of great significance in biomedicine and environmental health such as cancer diagnosis and water monitoring. However, the conventional β-GLU activity assay suffers from the limitations of low sensitivity, poor accuracy, and complex procedure. With the development of analytical chemistry, many advances have been made in the detection of β-GLU activity in recent years. The sensors for β-GLU activity detection which have the advantages of rapid and reliable detection have been attracting increased attentions. In this paper, the principles, performances, and limitations of these β-GLU sensors, including colorimetric sensing, fluorescent sensing, electrochemical sensing for the determination of β-GLU activity, have been summarized and discussed. Moreover, the challenges and research trends of β-GLU activity assay are proposed.
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- Tong Li
- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China.
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China
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Ginn O, Rocha-Melogno L, Bivins A, Lowry S, Cardelino M, Nichols D, Tripathi SN, Soria F, Andrade M, Bergin M, Deshusses MA, Brown J. Detection and Quantification of Enteric Pathogens in Aerosols Near Open Wastewater Canals in Cities with Poor Sanitation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:14758-14771. [PMID: 34669386 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c05060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Urban sanitation infrastructure is inadequate in many low-income countries, leading to the presence of highly concentrated, uncontained fecal waste streams in densely populated areas. Combined with mechanisms of aerosolization, airborne transport of enteric microbes and their genetic material is possible in such settings but remains poorly characterized. We detected and quantified enteric pathogen-associated gene targets in aerosol samples near open wastewater canals (OWCs) or impacted (receiving sewage or wastewater) surface waters and control sites in La Paz, Bolivia; Kanpur, India; and Atlanta, USA, via multiplex reverse-transcription qPCR (37 targets) and ddPCR (13 targets). We detected a wide range of enteric targets, some not previously reported in extramural urban aerosols, with more frequent detections of all enteric targets at higher densities in La Paz and Kanpur near OWCs. We report density estimates ranging up to 4.7 × 102 gc per mair3 across all targets including heat-stable enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Campylobacter jejuni, enteroinvasive E. coli/Shigella spp., Salmonella spp., norovirus, and Cryptosporidium spp. Estimated 25, 76, and 0% of samples containing positive pathogen detects were accompanied by culturable E. coli in La Paz, Kanpur, and Atlanta, respectively, suggesting potential for viability of enteric microbes at the point of sampling. Airborne transmission of enteric pathogens merits further investigation in cities with poor sanitation.
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- Olivia Ginn
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Science, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46656, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
- ICF, 2635 Meridian Parkway Suite 200, Durham, North Carolina 27713, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Science, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46656, United States
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department of Civil Engineering & Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology - Kalyanpur, Kanpur 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Centro de Investigación en Agua, Energía y Sostenibilidad, Universidad Católica Boliviana "San Pablo", La Paz 4807, Bolivia
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric Physics, Institute for Physics Research, Universidad Mayor de San Andres, La Paz 1995, Bolivia
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Deparment of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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Sklavounos AA, Nemr CR, Kelley SO, Wheeler AR. Bacterial classification and antibiotic susceptibility testing on an integrated microfluidic platform. LAB ON A CHIP 2021; 21:4208-4222. [PMID: 34549763 DOI: 10.1039/d1lc00609f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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With the prevalence of bacterial infections and increasing levels of antibiotic resistance comes the need for rapid and accurate methods for bacterial classification (BC) and antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST). Here we demonstrate the use of the fluid handling technique digital microfluidics (DMF) for automated and simultaneous BC and AST using growth metabolic markers. Custom instrumentation was developed for this application including an integrated heating module and a machine-learning-enabled low-cost colour camera for real-time absorbance and fluorescent sample monitoring on multipurpose devices. Antibiotic dilutions along with sample handling, mixing and incubation at 37 °C were all pre-programmed and processed automatically. By monitoring the metabolism of resazurin, resorufin beta-D-glucuronide and resorufin beta-D-galactopyranoside to resorufin, BC and AST were achieved in under 18 h. AST was validated in two uropathogenic E. coli strains with antibiotics ciprofloxacin and nitrofurantoin. BC was performed independently and simultaneously with ciprofloxacin AST for E. coli, K. pneumoniae, P. mirabilis and S. aureus. Finally, a proof-of-concept multiplexed system for breakpoint testing of two antibiotics, as well as E. coli and coliform classification was investigated with a multidrug-resistant E. coli strain. All bacteria were correctly identified, while AST and breakpoint test results were in essential and category agreement with reference methods. These results show the versatility and accuracy of this all-in-one microfluidic system for analysis of bacterial growth and phenotype.
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- Alexandros A Sklavounos
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Canada.
- Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G9, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Canada.
- Department of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Toronto, 144 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E5, Canada
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 164 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G9, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Canada.
- Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G9, Canada
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 164 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G9, Canada
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Ginn O, Nichols D, Rocha-Melogno L, Bivins A, Berendes D, Soria F, Andrade M, Deshusses MA, Bergin M, Brown J. Antimicrobial resistance genes are enriched in aerosols near impacted urban surface waters in La Paz, Bolivia. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 194:110730. [PMID: 33444611 PMCID: PMC10906805 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.110730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Antibiotic resistance poses a major global health threat. Understanding emergence and dissemination of antibiotic resistance in environmental media is critical to the design of control strategies. Because antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) may be aerosolized from contaminated point sources and disseminated more widely in localized environments, we assessed ARGs in aerosols in urban La Paz, Bolivia, where wastewater flows in engineered surface water channels through the densely populated urban core. We quantified key ARGs and a mobile integron (MI) via ddPCR and E. coli spp. as a fecal indicator by culture over two years during both the rainy and dry seasons in sites near wastewater flows. ARG targets represented major antibiotic groups-tetracyclines (tetA), fluoroquinolines (qnrB), and beta-lactams (blaTEM)-and an MI (intI1) represented the potential for mobility of genetic material. Most air samples (82%) had detectable targets above the experimentally determined LOD: most commonly blaTEM and intI1 (68% and 47% respectively) followed by tetA and qnrB (17% and 11% respectively). ARG and MI densities in positive air samples ranged from 1.3 × 101 to 6.6 × 104 gene copies/m3 air. Additionally, we detected culturable E. coli in the air (52% of samples <1 km from impacted surface waters) with an average density of 11 CFU/m3 in positive samples. We observed decreasing density of blaTEM with increasing distance up to 150 m from impacted surface waters. To our knowledge this is the first study conducting absolute quantification and a spatial analysis of ARGs and MIs in ambient urban air of a city with contaminated surface waters. Environments in close proximity to urban wastewater flows in this setting may experience locally elevated concentrations of ARGs, a possible concern for the emergence and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance in cities with poor sanitation.
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- Olivia Ginn
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, United States.
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, And Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, United States.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Science, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46656, United States.
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- Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States.
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- Centro de Investigación en Agua, Energía y Sostenibilidad, Universidad Católica Boliviana "San Pablo", La Paz, Bolivia.
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric Physics, Institute for Physics Research, Universidad Mayor de San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia; Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, And Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, United States.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, And Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, United States.
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, United States; Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Pala L, Sirec T, Spitz U. Modified Enzyme Substrates for the Detection of Bacteria: A Review. Molecules 2020; 25:E3690. [PMID: 32823590 PMCID: PMC7465704 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25163690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The ability to detect, identify and quantify bacteria is crucial in clinical diagnostics, environmental testing, food security settings and in microbiology research. Recently, the threat of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens pushed the global scientific community to develop fast, reliable, specific and affordable methods to detect bacterial species. The use of synthetically modified enzyme substrates is a convenient approach to detect bacteria in a specific, economic and rapid manner. The method is based on the use of specific enzyme substrates for a given bacterial marker enzyme, conjugated to a signalogenic moiety. Following enzymatic reaction, the signalophor is released from the synthetic substrate, generating a specific and measurable signal. Several types of signalophors have been described and are defined by the type of signal they generate, such as chromogenic, fluorogenic, luminogenic, electrogenic and redox. Signalophors are further subdivided into groups based on their solubility in water, which is key in defining their application on solid or liquid media for bacterial culturing. This comprehensive review describes synthetic enzyme substrates and their applications for bacterial detection, showing their mechanism of action and their synthetic routes.
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- Biosynth Carbosynth, Axis House, High Street, Compton, Berkshire RG20 6NL, UK; (L.P.); (T.S.)
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Morsby JJ, Dharmarwardana M, McGarraugh H, Smith BD. Supramolecular optimization of the visual contrast for colorimetric indicator assays that release resorufin dye. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:9296-9299. [PMID: 32666982 PMCID: PMC7429340 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc03551c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A tetralactam macrocycle acts as a novel supramolecular adjuvant to capture a released resorufin dye and create a higher contrasting yellow/blue color change for enhanced naked eye interpretation of a colorimetric indicator assay.
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- Janeala J Morsby
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
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Satoh H, Kikuchi K, Katayose Y, Tsuda S, Hirano R, Hirakata Y, Kitajima M, Ishii S, Oshiki M, Hatamoto M, Takahashi M, Okabe S. Simple and reliable enumeration of Escherichia coli concentrations in wastewater samples by measuring β-d-glucuronidase (GUS) activities via a microplate reader. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 715:136928. [PMID: 32007893 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Monitoring of Escherichia coli concentrations at wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is important to ensure process performance and protect public health. However, conventional E. coli enumeration methods are complicated and time- and labor-consuming. Here, we report a novel simple and reliable method based on β-d-glucuronidase (GUS) activity assay to enumerate E. coli concentrations in wastewater (WW) samples. An aliquot (20 μL) of the medium with fluorogenic enzyme substrate for E. coli and 180 μL of a WW sample were added to one well of a 96-well microplate. The microplate was placed in a microplate reader at 37 °C. To this end, the fluorescence intensity of a fluorogenic enzyme substrate for E. coli was measured every 10 min over 3 h to determine GUS activity. The linear increase in the fluorescence intensity representing the GUS activities showed a positive correlation with E. coli concentrations in wastewater samples. However, the correlation equations were specific to WWTPs, which could be due to the difference in the E. coli population structures among WWTPs. We observed that the wastewater matrix is not a limitation to measure the GUS activity, and a WWTP-specific correlation equation can be used as a calibration curve to estimate the E. coli concentrations in the samples collected from that site. A comparison of the results with those of culture-dependent Colilert method proved that the current method is simple and useful for the enumeration of E. coli concentrations in wastewater samples reliably.
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- Hisashi Satoh
- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan.
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- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan.
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- Cellspect Co., Ltd., 1-10-82 Kitaiioka, Morioka, Iwate 020-0857, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-2188, Japan.
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- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan.
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- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan; Department of Soil, Water and Climate, University of Minnesota, 439 Borlaug Hall, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA; Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, 140 Gortner Laboratory, 1479 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.
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- Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Nagaoka College, 888 Nishikatakaimachi, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-8532, Japan.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-2188, Japan.
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- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan.
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- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan.
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Loo A, Bivins A, John V, Becker S, Evanchec S, George A, Hernandez V, Mullaney J, Tolentino L, Yoo R, Nagarnaik P, Labhasetwar P, Brown J. Development and field testing of low-cost, quantal microbial assays with volunteer reporting as scalable means of drinking water safety estimation. J Appl Microbiol 2019; 126:1944-1954. [PMID: 30884047 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Revised: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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AIMS To evaluate a low-cost water quality test for at-scale drinking water safety estimation in rural India. METHODS AND RESULTS Within a longitudinal study to characterize variability in household drinking water safety in rural Maharashtra, we piloted a low-cost presence-absence (LCPA) microbial test designed to be used by volunteer residents in rural areas. In comparing the LCPA results with standard laboratory methods for enumeration of Escherichia coli, we found that LCPA tests using modified mTec media were highly sensitive in detecting drinking water of moderate risk (88% of tests were positive at E. coli counts of 11-100 CFU per 100 ml) and high risk (96% of tests were positive at E. coli counts of 101 + CFU per 100 ml). The LCPA tests demonstrated low specificity for E. coli specifically, due to concurrent detection of Klebsiella: 38% of LCPA tests were positive even when E. coli was not detected in a 100 ml sample by membrane filtration, suggesting the test would be conservative in risk estimation. We also found that 47% of participants in rural villages in India were willing to conduct tests and return results after a brief training, with 45% of active participants sending their water testing results via short message service. CONCLUSIONS Given their low cost (~US$0.50 as piloted) and open-source format, such tests may provide a compelling alternative to standard methods for rapid water quality assessments, especially in resource-limited settings. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The lack of availability of water quality data constrains efforts to monitor, evaluate and improve the safety of water and sanitation infrastructure in underserved settings. Current water testing methods are not scalable because of laboratory and cost constraints. Our findings indicate the LCPA or similar low-cost microbial tests could be useful in rapid water safety estimation, including via crowdsourcing.
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- A Loo
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, India
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, India
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- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, India
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Duan Q, Lv X, Liu C, Geng Z, Zhang F, Sheng W, Wang Z, Jia P, Li Z, Zhu H, Zhu B. Dichlororesorufin-Based Colorimetric and Fluorescent Probe for Ultrasensitive Detection of Mercury Ions in Living Cells and Zebrafish. Ind Eng Chem Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b04386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Qingxia Duan
- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Ecological Carbon Sink and Capture Utilization, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Ecological Carbon Sink and Capture Utilization, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Ecological Carbon Sink and Capture Utilization, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Ecological Carbon Sink and Capture Utilization, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Ecological Carbon Sink and Capture Utilization, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- Biology Institute of Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), 19 Keyuan Road, Lixia District, Jinan 250014, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Ecological Carbon Sink and Capture Utilization, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Ecological Carbon Sink and Capture Utilization, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Ecological Carbon Sink and Capture Utilization, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Ecological Carbon Sink and Capture Utilization, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Ecological Carbon Sink and Capture Utilization, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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Trent M, Dreibelbis R, Bir A, Tripathi SN, Labhasetwar P, Nagarnaik P, Loo A, Bain R, Jeuland M, Brown J. Access to Household Water Quality Information Leads to Safer Water: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in india. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:5319-5329. [PMID: 29641184 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Household-specific feedback on the microbiological safety of drinking water may result in changes to water management practices that reduce exposure risks. We conducted a randomized, controlled trial in India to determine if information on household drinking water quality could change behavior and improve microbiological quality as indicated by Escherichia coli counts. We randomly assigned 589 participating households to one of three arms: (1) a messaging-only arm receiving messaging on safe water management ( n = 237); (2) a standard testing arm receiving the same messaging plus laboratory E. coli testing results specific to that household's drinking water ( n = 173); and (3) a test kit arm receiving messaging plus low-cost E. coli tests that could be used at the household's discretion ( n = 179). Self-reported water treatment increased significantly in both the standard testing arm and the test kit arm between baseline and follow-up one month later. Mean log10 E. coli counts per 100 mL in household stored drinking water increased in the messaging-only arm from 1.42 to 1.87, while decreasing in the standard testing arm (1.38 to 0.89, 65% relative reduction) and the test kit arm (1.08 to 0.65, 76% relative reduction). Findings indicate that household-specific water quality information can improve both behaviors and drinking water quality.
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- Mallory Trent
- Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , Maryland United States
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- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , 44 Keppel St , London WC1E 7HT , U.K
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , 790 Atlantic Drive , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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- Department of Civil Engineering & Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering , Indian Institute of Technology - Kanpur , India
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- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) , Nagpur , India
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- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) , Nagpur , India
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , 790 Atlantic Drive , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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- Sanford School of Public Policy and Duke Global Health Institute , Duke University , Durham , North Carolina United States
- Institute of Water Policy; National University of Singapore , Singapore
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , 790 Atlantic Drive , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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Rapid Detection of Escherichia coli in Water Using Sample Concentration and Optimized Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Chromogenic Substrates. Curr Microbiol 2018; 75:827-834. [PMID: 29468301 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-018-1454-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Hinks J, Han EJY, Wang VB, Seviour TW, Marsili E, Loo JSC, Wuertz S. Naphthoquinone glycosides for bioelectroanalytical enumeration of the faecal indicator Escherichia coli. Microb Biotechnol 2016; 9:746-757. [PMID: 27364994 PMCID: PMC5072191 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2016] [Revised: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Microbial water quality monitoring for the presence of faecal indicator bacteria (FIB) is a mandatory activity in many countries and is key in public health protection. Despite technological advances and a need for methodological improvements, chromogenic and fluorogenic enzymatic techniques remain the mainstays of water quality monitoring for both public health agencies and regulated utilities. We demonstrated that bioelectroanalytical approaches to FIB enumeration are possible and can be achieved using commercially available enzyme-specific resorufin glycosides, although these are expensive, not widely available or designed for purpose. Following this, we designed two naphthoquinone glycosides which performed better, achieving Escherichia coli detection in the range 5.0 × 102 to 5.0 × 105 CFU ml-1 22-54% quicker than commercially available resorufin glycosides. The molecular design of the naphthoquinone glycosides requires fewer synthetic steps allowing them to be produced for as little as US$50 per kg. Tests with environmental samples demonstrated the low tendency for abiotic interference and that, despite specificity being maintained between β-glucuronidase and β-galactosidase, accurate enumeration of E. coli in environmental samples necessitates development of a selective medium. In comparison to a commercially available detection method, which has U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval, our approach performed better at high organism concentrations, detecting 500 organisms in 9 h compared with 13.5 h for the commercial method. Bioelectroanalytical detection is comparable to current approved methods and with further development could result in improved detection times. A recent trend for low-cost open-source hardware means that automated, potentiostatically controlled E. coli detection systems could be constructed for less than US$100 per channel.
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- Jamie Hinks
- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551.
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551.
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798.
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
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Bain RES, Woodall C, Elliott J, Arnold BF, Tung R, Morley R, du Preez M, Bartram JK, Davis AP, Gundry SW, Pedley S. Evaluation of an Inexpensive Growth Medium for Direct Detection of Escherichia coli in Temperate and Sub-Tropical Waters. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0140997. [PMID: 26495983 PMCID: PMC4619692 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The cost and complexity of traditional methods for the detection of faecal indicator bacteria, including E. coli, hinder widespread monitoring of drinking water quality, especially in low-income countries and outside controlled laboratory settings. In these settings the problem is exacerbated by the lack of inexpensive media for the detection of E. coli in drinking water. We developed a new low-cost growth medium, aquatest (AT), and validated its use for the direct detection of E. coli in temperate and sub-tropical drinking waters using IDEXX Quanti-Tray®. AT was compared with IDEXX Colilert-18® and either EC-MUG or MLSB for detecting low levels of E. coli from water samples from temperate (n = 140; Bristol, UK) and subtropical regions (n = 50, Pretoria/Tshwane, South Africa). Confirmatory testing (n = 418 and 588, respectively) and the comparison of quantitative results were used to assess performance. Sensitivity of AT was higher than Colilert-18® for water samples in the UK [98.0% vs. 86.9%; p<0.0001] and South Africa [99.5% vs. 93.2%; p = 0.0030]. There was no significant difference in specificity, which was high for both media (>95% in both settings). Quantitative results were comparable and within expected limits. AT is reliable and accurate for the detection of E. coli in temperate and subtropical drinking water. The composition of the new medium is reported herein and can be used freely.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
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- CPI International, Santa Rosa, CA, United States of America
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- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa
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- The Water Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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Rochelet M, Solanas S, Betelli L, Chantemesse B, Vienney F, Hartmann A. Rapid amperometric detection of Escherichia coli in wastewater by measuring β-D glucuronidase activity with disposable carbon sensors. Anal Chim Acta 2015; 892:160-6. [PMID: 26388487 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Revised: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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An assay on the indirect amperometric quantification of the β-D-Glucuronidase (GLUase) activity was developed for the rapid and specific detection of Escherichia coli (E. coli) in complex environmental samples. The p-aminophenyl β-D-glucopyranoside (PAPG) was selected as an electrochemical substrate for GLUase measurement and the p-aminophenol (PAP) released during the enzymatic hydrolysis was monitored by cyclic voltammetry with disposable carbon screen-printed sensors. The intensity of the measured anodic peak current was proportional to the amount of GLUase, and therefore to the number of E. coli in the tested sample. Once the substrate concentration and pH values optimized, a GLUase detection limit of 10 ng mL(-1) was achieved. Using a procedure involving a filtration step of the bacteria followed by their incubation with the substrate solution containing both the nonionic detergent Triton X-100 as permeabilization agent and the culture media Luria broth to monitor the growth, filtered bacterial cells ranging from 5 × 10(4) to 10(8) UFC/membrane were detected within 3 h. The amperometric assay was applied to the determination of fecal contamination in raw and treated wastewater samples and it was successfully compared with conventional bacterial plating methods and uidA gene quantitative PCR. Owing to its ability to perform measurements in turbid media, the GLUase amperometric method is a reliable tool for the rapid and decentralized quantification of viable but also nonculturable E. coli in complex environmental samples.
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- Murielle Rochelet
- Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UMR1347 Agroécologie, 17 Rue Sully, 21000 Dijon, France.
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- Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UMR1347 Agroécologie, 17 Rue Sully, 21000 Dijon, France
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- Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UMR1347 Agroécologie, 17 Rue Sully, 21000 Dijon, France
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- Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UMR1347 Agroécologie, 17 Rue Sully, 21000 Dijon, France
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- Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UMR1347 Agroécologie, 17 Rue Sully, 21000 Dijon, France
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- INRA, UMR1347 Agroécologie, 17 Rue Sully, 21000 Dijon, France
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