ArticleBiomicrofluidics2014
Dielectrophoretic sample preparation for environmental monitoring of microorganisms: Soil particle removal.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Electronic selection of viable Legionella cells by a video-based, quantifiable dielectrophoresis approach.Biomedical microdevices · 2025Article
- Dielectrophoresis for Isolating Low-Abundance Bacteria Obscured by Impurities in Environmental Samples.Marine biotechnology (New York, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Dielectrophoresis: An Approach to Increase Sensitivity, Reduce Response Time and to Suppress Nonspecific Binding in Biosensors?Biosensors · 2022Review
- A Prominent Cell Manipulation Technique in BioMEMS: Dielectrophoresis.Micromachines · 2020Review
- Study on non-bioparticles andRSC advances · 2020Article
- Characterization of Simple and Double Yeast Cells Using Dielectrophoretic Force Measurement.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Continuous-Flow Cell Dipping and Medium Exchange in a Microdevice using Dielectrophoresis.Micromachines · 2018Article
- Dielectrophoresis for Biomedical Sciences Applications: A Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Review
- A hybrid dielectrophoretic system for trapping of microorganisms from water.Biomicrofluidics · 2015Article
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Abstract
Detection of pathogens from environmental samples is often hampered by sensors interacting with environmental particles such as soot, pollen, or environmental dust such as soil or clay. These particles may be of similar size to the target bacterium, preventing removal by filtration, but may non-specifically bind to sensor surfaces, fouling them and causing artefactual results. In this paper, we report the selective manipulation of soil particles using an AC electrokinetic microfluidic system. Four heterogeneous soil samples (smectic clay, kaolinitic clay, peaty loam, and sandy loam) were characterised using dielectrophoresis to identify the electrical difference to a target organism. A flow-cell device was then constructed to evaluate dielectrophoretic separation of bacteria and clay in a continous flow through mode. The average separation efficiency of the system across all soil types was found to be 68.7% with a maximal separation efficiency for kaolinitic clay at 87.6%. This represents the first attempt to separate soil particles from bacteria using dielectrophoresis and indicate that the technique shows significant promise; with appropriate system optimisation, we believe that this preliminary study represents an opportunity to develop a simple yet highly effective sample processing system.
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