Novel biocompatible
palladium nanoparticles (Pd-NPs) have been
prepared by microorganisms via Bacillus megaterium Y-4. It was demonstrated that ultrasonication treatment of biologically
reduced Pd-NPs impart a much higher absorption in NIR regions and
a better photothermal conversion efficiency to the material. The as-prepared
material showed excellent biocompatibility and antibacterial activity
under NIR irradiation. In less than 10 min, the disinfection efficiency
for a low dosage of Pd-NPs (20 mg/L) was 99.99% toward both Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia
coli. The exclusive and even dispersed microbial Pd-NPs
display a high efficiency of photothermal conversion under the irradiation
of NIR, which endows them with excellent antibacterial activity in
a low dosage.
Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7 is a major foodborne and waterborne pathogen that can threaten human health. Due to its high toxicity at low concentrations, it is crucial to establish a time-saving and highly sensitive in situ detection method. Herein, we developed a rapid, ultrasensitive, and visualized method for detecting E. coli O157:H7 based on a combination of Recombinase-Aided Amplification (RAA) and CRISPR/Cas12a technology. The CRISPR/Cas12a-based system was pre-amplified using the RAA method, which showed high sensitivity and enabled detecting as low as ~1 CFU/mL (fluorescence method) and 1 × 102 CFU/mL (lateral flow assay) of E. coli O157:H7, which was much lower than the detection limit of the traditional real-time PCR technology (103 CFU/mL) and ELISA (104~107 CFU/mL). In addition, we demonstrated that this method still has good applicability in practical samples by simulating the detection in real milk and drinking water samples. Importantly, our RAA-CRISPR/Cas12a detection system could complete the overall process (including extraction, amplification, and detection) within 55 min under optimized conditions, which is faster than most other reported sensors, which take several hours to several days. The signal readout could also be visualized by fluorescence generated with a handheld UV lamp or a naked-eye-detected lateral flow assay depending on the DNA reporters used. Because of the advantages of being fast, having high sensitivity, and not requiring sophisticated equipment, this method has a promising application prospect for in situ detection of trace amounts of pathogens.
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