no. 401428) and separate caps (8× strip, catalog no. 401425)
were obtained from Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, CA). Rabbit
polyclonal anti-E. coli antibodies were obtained
from Fitzgerald (Acton, MA). Rabbit polyclonal anti-MS2 antibodies
were obtained from Tetracore (Rockville, MD). E. coli (strain MB1457), and bacteriophage MS2 (strain 15597-B1) were obtained
from the American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, VA). Phosphate
buffered saline (PBS) tablets (10 mM Phosphate, 2.7 mM potassium chloride,
140 mM sodium chloride, pH 7.4) were purchased from Bioline (Taunton,
MA). Anonymized human serum was obtained from the Gulf Coast Regional
Blood Center (Houston, TX). Fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) was
obtained from Pierce (Rockford, IL). 1-Ethyl-3-(3-(dimethylamino)propyl)
carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC), N-hydroxysuccinimide
(NHS), bovine serum albumin (BSA), Tween-20, hydroxylamine, 6-mercapto-1-hexanol,
dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), anhydrous chromium trioxide, 96.7% sulfuric
acid, dithiobis(succinimidyl propionate) (DSP), and sodium cyanoborohydride
were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO).