Principles of Bacterial Detection: Biosensors, Recognition Receptors and Microsystems

to Pathogenic Bacteria.- Sample Preparation – An Essential Prerequisite for High-Quality Bacteria Detection.- Detection of Bacterial Pathogens in Different Matrices: Current Practices and Challenges.- Overview of Rapid Microbiological Methods.- Biosensors.- Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Sensors for the Detection of Bacterial Pathogens.- Bacterial Detection Using Evanescent Wave-Based Fluorescent Biosensors.- Fiber Optic Biosensors for Bacterial Detection.- Integrated Deep-Probe Optical Waveguides for Label Free Bacterial Detection.- Interferometric Biosensors.- Luminescence Techniques for the Detection of Bacterial Pathogens.- Porous and Planar Silicon Sensors.- Acoustic Wave (TSM) Biosensors: Weighing Bacteria.- Amperometric Biosensor for Pathogenic Bacteria Detection.- Microbial Genetic Analysis Based on Field Effect Transistors.- Impedance-Based Biosensors for Pathogen Detection.- Label-Free Microbial Biosensors Using Molecular Nanowire Transducers.- Magnetic Techniques for Rapid Detection of Pathogens.- Cantilever Sensors for Pathogen Detection.- Detection and Viability Assessment of Endospore-Forming Pathogens.- Label-Free Fingerprinting of Pathogens by Raman Spectroscopy Techniques.- Biorecognition.- Antibodies and Immunoassays for Detection of Bacterial Pathogens.- Rapid Nucleic Acid-Based Diagnostics Methods for the Detection of Bacterial Pathogens.- Oligonucleotide and DNA Microarrays: Versatile Tools for Rapid Bacterial Diagnostics.- Pathogenic Bacterial Sensors Based on Carbohydrates as Sensing Elements.- Aptamers and Their Potential as Recognition Elements for the Detection of Bacteria.- Protein Microarray Technologies for Detection and Identification of Bacterial and Protein Analytes.- Bacteriophage: Powerful Tools for the Detection of BacterialPathogens.- Phage Display Methods for Detection of Bacterial Pathogens.- Molecular Imprinted Polymers for Biorecognition of Bioagents.- Microsystems.- Microfluidics-Based Lysis of Bacteria and Spores for Detection and Analysis.- Detection of Pathogens by On-Chip PCR.- Micro and Nanopatterning for Bacteria- and Virus-Based Biosensing Applications.- Microfabricated Flow Cytometers for Bacterial Detection.- Bacterial Concentration, Separation and Analysis by Dielectrophoresis.- Ultrasonic Microsystems for Bacterial Cell Manipulation.- Recent Advances in Real-time Mass Spectrometry Detection of Bacteria.