Mouse monoclonal antibodies to
Escherichia coli O157:H7 (MBS568290 and MBS568193) were purchased from Mybiosource (San Diego, CA, USA).
Goat anti-mouse IgG, N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS), 1-ethyl-3-[3-dimethylaminopropyl]–carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC), 2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid (MES), bovine serum albumin (BSA), phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), silver nitrate (AgNO
3), hydroquinone (C
6H
4-1,4-(OH)
2), gold(III) chloride hydrate (HAuCl
4), and sodium citrate tribasic dihydrate (C
6H
5Na
3O
7·2H
2O) were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) (C1
2H
25NaO
4S) was purchased from PanReac AppliChem (Barcelona, Spain).
HS-C
2H
4-CONH-PEG-C
3H
6-COOH, MW = 5000 g mol
−1 (4900 Da), and CH
3O-PEG-NH
2, MW = 725–850 Da were purchased from RAPP POLYMER (Tuebingen, Germany). All the reagents were prepared using Milli-Q ultrapure water (resistivity 18.2 MΩ·cm at 25 °C), unless otherwise stated.
An IsoFlow reagent dispensing system (ImageneTechnology, USA) was used to dispense the detection lines (dispense rate 0.100μL mm
−1) and the strips were cut with a guillotine Fellowes Gamma (Spain).
A portable strip reader
ESE Quant LR3 lateral flow system (Qiagen Inc., Germany) was used to quantify the intensity of the test line by reflectance measurements.
Bazsefidpar S., Serrano-Pertierra E., Gutiérrez G., Calvo A.S., Matos M, & Blanco-López M.C. (2023). Rapid and sensitive detection of E. coli O157:H7 by lateral flow immunoassay and silver enhancement. Mikrochimica Acta, 190(7), 264.