A simple paper-based colorimetric analytical device for rapid detection of Enterococcus faecalis under the stress of chlorophenols.

Qidi Sun, Nora F Y Tam, Jie Han, Will Yung-Kang Peng, Zonglong Zhu, Jian Lin Chen

Talanta 2021 Apr 01

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Bacteria detection and toxicity measurement are essential in many aspects. Becoming increasingly popular in recent years, paper-based analytical devices (PADs) have proven to be cost-effective, portable and eco-friendly with quantitative diagnostic results. In this work, by a straightforward soaking-drying method, a resazurin-deposited PAD has been developed for rapid bacteria detection and biotoxicity measurement. The colorimetric response on the PAD was generated from metabolic reduction of resazurin by Enterococcus faecalis, a facultative anaerobic bacterial strain. After recording and quantifying the colorimetric response with Hue value by a smartphone, the bioassay on PAD enables the detection of resazurin reduction kinetics difference among bacteria at various densities in 10 min. Thereby, the bioassay on PAD was applied to study the toxicity of two chlorophenols, i.e. pentachlorophenol (PCP) and 4-chlorophenol (4-CP), to E. faecalis. Compared to growth-based inhibition test, which takes 5 h, this assay shows higher efficiency, i.e. in 30 min, the biotoxicity difference between PCP and 4-CP can be identified. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Qidi Sun, Nora F Y Tam, Jie Han, Will Yung-Kang Peng, Zonglong Zhu, Jian Lin Chen. A simple paper-based colorimetric analytical device for rapid detection of Enterococcus faecalis under the stress of chlorophenols. Talanta. 2021 Apr 01;225:121966