Abstract
This study was aimed at developing an easy to use and inexpensive biosensor for the detection of typhoidal Salmonella. The technique was designed to be used without expensive instrumentation if necessary. Bacteriophages specifically infecting three typhoidal Salmonella serovars were isolated and purified. Log-phase cultures were mixed with a high titre of a single phage (109 PFUs) in separate wells of a microtitre plate and incubated at room temperature (30°C) for 1h. After incubation, resazurin was added and the plates were incubated further for 1h. Absorbance at 570nm of each test well was measured using a commercial microplate reader and compared with that of the control well. A significant difference (p < 0.05) between the absorbance of test and control wells indicated the presence of target bacteria. With visual inspection, a delay in colour change from blue to pink was considered a positive result. The system could detect 5×104 CFUs in 120min without pre-enrichment and 10 CFUs with a pre-enrichment of 6h.
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