Abstract
Rapid and sensitive detection of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in fluids with complex background is an important task for safety quality control in the field of medicine, environment, and food. In this study, a gold foil paper-based aptasensor was developed for the detection of enteropathogenic EPEC O26:K60 with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy(SERS) and magnetic separation technology mediated by Fe3O4@Au composite. The gold foil paper was firstly modified with thiolated capture probe and SERS tag. Thethiolated aptamer probe for EPEC was immobilized onto a Fe3O4@Au composite. In the presence of EPEC, highly specific recognition between the aptamer probe and EPEC made the Fe3O4@Au composite partially dissociated from the gold foil paper. This led to a decreased Raman intensity response, which showed an obvious negative linear correlation with increasing concentration of EPEC over a wide concentration range from 10 to 107CFU/mL under an excitation wavelength of 633nm. The detection limit was about2.86CFU/mL in a buffer solution and a licorice extractum and the detection time was only 2.5h. Theresults demonstrate that the gold foil paper-based aptasensor can be an excellent biosensing platform that offers a reliable, rapid, and sensitive alternative for EPEC detection.
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