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ArticleBiofilm2026

Bioelectrochemical detection of viable but non-culturable bacterial cells on screen-printed carbon electrodes.

Opeyemi Temitope Otemoye, Sadia Nawab, Feifeng Zhong, Junyan Liu, Alessandro Mattedi, Paulo Debiagi, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Kim R Hardie, Zhenbo Xu, Enrico Marsili

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Article in Biofilm, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Opeyemi Temitope OtemoyeNottingham Ningbo China Beacons of Excellence Research and Innovation Institute (CBI), University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, 315000, China.
Sadia NawabNottingham Ningbo China Beacons of Excellence Research and Innovation Institute (CBI), University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, 315000, China.
Feifeng ZhongSchool of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Junyan LiuCollege of Light Industry and Food Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Lingnan Specialty Food Science and Technology, Academy of Contemporary Agricultural Engineering Innovations, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, 510225, China.
Alessandro MattediNottingham Ningbo China Beacons of Excellence Research and Innovation Institute (CBI), University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, 315000, China.
Paulo DebiagiNottingham Ningbo China Beacons of Excellence Research and Innovation Institute (CBI), University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, 315000, China.
Loh Teng-Hern TanNottingham Ningbo China Beacons of Excellence Research and Innovation Institute (CBI), University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, 315000, China.
Kim R HardieSchool of Life Sciences, Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.
Zhenbo XuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Enrico MarsiliNottingham Ningbo China Beacons of Excellence Research and Innovation Institute (CBI), University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, 315000, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial cells in a viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state are metabolically active, but cannot be cultivated using a routine growth medium, which poses a challenge to identifying VBNC contamination in food and the health sector. Non-growth assays for VBNC identification based on membrane integrity and metabolic monitoring are either costly or lead to ambiguous results. Nucleic acid (DNA and RNA) amplification techniques are effective, but their higher cost and complexity prevent routine applications. Bioelectrochemical assays might be a viable alternative for VBNC detection, due to their low cost and rapid analysis time. However, conventional bioelectrochemical methods, in which electrodes are polarized at constant electrochemical potential, are not suitable for monitoring planktonic non-growing cells like VBNC. To circumvent this issue, culturable and VBNC

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BiocoatingChronoamperometryScreen-printed electrodes (SPE)Viable but non-culturable (VBNC)

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PMCPMC12925315

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