Molecularly imprinted polymer as a synthetic receptor mimic for capacitive impedimetric selective recognition of Escherichia coli K-12
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We fabricated an electrochemical molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) chemosensor for rapid identification and quantification of E. coli strain using 2-aminophenyl boronic acid as the functional monomer. This strain is a modified Gram-negative strain of Escherichia coli bacterium, an ordinary human gut component. The E. coli strongly interacts with a boronic acid because of porous and flexible polymers of the cell wall. The SEM imaging showed that the bacteria template was partially entrapped within the polymeric matrix in a single step. Moreover, this imaging confirmed E. coli K-12 cell template extraction effectiveness. The prepared MIP determined the E. coli K-12 strain up to 2.9 x104 cells mL-1. The interference study performed in the presence of E. coli variants expressing different surface appendages (type 1 fimbriae or Antigen 43 protein) or Shewanella oneidensis MR1, another Gram-negative bacteria, demonstrated that the bacterial surface composition notably impacts sensing properties of the bacteria imprinted polymer.
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Nabila Yasmeen, Mathieu Etienne, Piyush Sindhu Sharma, Sofiane El-Kirat-Chatel, Mariela Brites Helú, Wlodzimierz Kutner, Molecularly imprinted polymer as a synthetic receptor mimic for capacitive impedimetric selective recognition of Escherichia coli K-12, Analytica Chimica Acta 1188 (2021) 339177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2021.339177