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Article Dans Une Revue Microbial Physiology Année : 2009

Sposensor: A Whole-Bacterial Biosensor That Uses Immobilized Bacillus subtilis Spores and a One-Step Incubation/Detection Process

Sposensor : Un biocapteur bactérien entier qui utilise des spores de Bacillus subtilis immobilisées et un processus d'incubation/détection en une étape

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A generic whole-cell bacterial sensor called sposensor was developed with immobilized sporesfrom engineered Bacillus subtilis. Sposensor contains two different types of spores: reporting spores that contain a reporter gene fused to a promoter responding to a compound to be detected, and control spores use to monitor cell germination and viability. A one-step incubation/detection process was developed to meet the constraints of on-site analysis. Spores were directly incubated with culture medium containing the compound to be detected. β-Galactosidase was chosen as a reporter protein in both cases and its activity followed by a colorimetric assay. Results showed that sposensor was efficient in detecting two different compounds, a metal (Zn2+) and a peptidic antibiotic (bacitracin). Owing to the stability and robustness of spores, sposensor is a very efficient and easy tool to manipulate for analyzing the presence of toxic compounds in natural settings.
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hal-03747776 , version 1 (08-08-2022)

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Jean-Raphaël Fantino, François Denizot, Frédéric Barras. Sposensor: A Whole-Bacterial Biosensor That Uses Immobilized Bacillus subtilis Spores and a One-Step Incubation/Detection Process. Microbial Physiology, 2009, 17 (2), pp.90-95. ⟨10.1159/000206634⟩. ⟨hal-03747776⟩

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