@article{HassanWollenberger2016,
  author    = {Hassan, Rabeay Y. A. and Wollenberger, Ursula},
  title     = {Mediated bioelectrochemical system for biosensing the cell viability of Staphylococcus aureus},
  series = {Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry : a merger of Fresenius' journal of analytical chemistry and Analusis},
  volume    = {408},
  journal   = {Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry : a merger of Fresenius' journal of analytical chemistry and Analusis},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Heidelberg},
  issn      = {1618-2642},
  doi       = {10.1007/s00216-015-9134-z},
  pages     = {579 -- 587},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most dangerous human pathogens and is the cause of numerous illnesses ranging from moderate skin infections to life-threatening diseases. Despite advances made in identifying microorganisms, rapid detection methods for the viability of bacteria are still missing. Here, we report a rapid electrochemical assay for cell viability combining the use of double redox mediators and multiwall carbon nanotubes-screen printed electrodes (MWCNTs-SPE), ferricyanide (FCN) and 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol (DCIP), which served as electron shuttle to enable the bacterial-electrode communications. The current originating from the metabolically active cells was recorded for probing the activity of the intracellular redox centers. Blocking of the respiratory chain pathways with electron transfer inhibitors demonstrated the involvement of the electron transport chain in the reaction. A good correlation between the number of the metabolically active cells and the current was obtained. The proposed assay has been exploited for monitoring cell proliferation of S. aureus during the growth. The sensitivity of the detection method reached 0.1 OD600. Therefore, the technique described is promising for estimating the cell number, measuring the cell viability, and probing intracellular redox center(s).},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HassanWollenberger2019,
  author    = {Hassan, Rabeay Y. A. and Wollenberger, Ulla},
  title     = {Direct determination of bacterial cell viability using carbon nanotubes modified screen-printed electrodes},
  series = {Electroanalysis : an international journal devoted to fundamental and practical aspects of electroanalysis},
  volume    = {31},
  journal   = {Electroanalysis : an international journal devoted to fundamental and practical aspects of electroanalysis},
  number    = {6},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Weinheim},
  issn      = {1040-0397},
  doi       = {10.1002/elan.201900047},
  pages     = {1112 -- 1117},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {For the early detection of bacterial infection, there is a need for rapid, sensitive, and label-free assays. Thus, in this study, nanostrucured microbial electrochemical platform is designed to monitor the viability and cell growth of S. aureus. Using multi-walled carbon nanotube modified screen-printed electrodes (MWCNTs/SPE), the cyclic voltammetric measurements showed only one irreversible oxidation peak at 600 mV vs Ag/AgCl that accounts for the viable and metabolically active bacterial cells. The assay was optimized and the secreted metabolites, in the extracellular matrix, were directly detected. The peak current showed a positive correlation with viable cell numbers ranging from OD600 nm of 0.1 to 1.1, indicating that the activity of live cells can be quantified. Consequently, responses of viable and non-viable cells of S. aureus to the effects of antibiotic and respiratory chain inhibitors were determined. Thus, the proposed nanostructure-based bacterial sensor provides a reasonable and reliable way for real-time monitoring of live-dead cell functions, and antibacterial profiling.},
  language  = {en}
}