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ArticleNanoscale research letters2019

Using Positively Charged Magnetic Nanoparticles to Capture Bacteria at Ultralow Concentration.

Zhiming Li, Jinyuan Ma, Jun Ruan, Xuan Zhuang

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Article in Nanoscale research letters, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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4 authors.

Zhiming LiInstitue of Reproductive Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China. lzmleo@xmu.edu.cn.
Jinyuan MaDepartment of Pharmacy, Shanghai Dermatology Hospital, Shanghai, 200443, China.
Jun RuanCollege of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China.
Xuan ZhuangDepartment of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361003, Fujian, China. zhuangxuan2006@aliyun.com.

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 2019kfyXJJS087Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province 2018J01382Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology 3502Z20174063
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Detecting bacteria at low concentrations without time-consuming culture processes would allow rapid diagnoses. Since electrostatic attraction exists between negatively charged bacterial cells and positively charged magnetic nanoparticles (NP+), capture of bacteria holds great promise towards achieving this goal. Here, we present a rapid and highly efficient approach to capture Escherichia coli, which was used as a model for gram-negative bacteria. Capture of E. coli at very low concentrations of 10 and 100 CFU/mL using NP+ is rapidly and efficiently achieved within 1 h. Moreover, the capture efficiency of NP+ was over 90% by analyzing the number of bacterial colonies on the plate. Optical and transmission electron microscopy confirmed the bacterial capture abilities of electrically charged nanoparticles (NPs). In contrast, negatively charged magnetic nanoparticles (NP-) did not show affinities towards E. coli. These results showed that bacterial cells, such as E. coli, carry a negative charge. Unlike a ligand-dependent capture system, our designed NP+ has potentials to capture a broad range of bacteria via electrostatic attractions.

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Bacterial chargeE. coliElectrostatic attractionMagnetic nanoparticles

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PMID31165285
PMCPMC6548795

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