ABSTRACT
Besides detection of waterborne parasites in buffer and in various water matrixes, PEMC sensor has also been used for detection of a large sample of other pathogens and toxins. Signifi cant examples include E. coli O157:H7 (Maraldo et al. 2007b) and Bacillus anthracis (Campbell and Mutharasan 2006). A recent study shows that cell viability can be determined within a short time period using PEMC sensor and a dye that accumulates only inside live cells (Xu and Mutharasan 2011). Toxin detection such as staphylococcus enterotoxin B (SEB) in food matrix at as low as 2.5 fg/mL was shown to be feasible (Maraldo and Mutharasan 2007). PEMC sensor has also been used for biomarkers detections such as alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR) in urine samples (Maraldo et al. 2007a).
