Recent advances in the analytical strategies of microbial biosensor for detection of pollutants

Zengling Ma; Catarina Meliana; Heli Siti Halimatul Munawaroh; Ceren Karaman; Hassan Karimi-Maleh; Sze Shin Low; Pau Loke Show

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135515

Recent advances in the analytical strategies of microbial biosensor for detection of pollutants

Chemosphere. 2022 Nov:306:135515. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135515. Epub 2022 Jun 27.

Authors

Zengling Ma¹, Catarina Meliana², Heli Siti Halimatul Munawaroh³, Ceren Karaman⁴, Hassan Karimi-Maleh⁵, Sze Shin Low⁶, Pau Loke Show⁷

Affiliations

¹ Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Subtropical Water Environment and Marine Biological Resources Protection, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China. Electronic address: mazengling@wzu.edu.cn.
² Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Life Science, Indonesia International Institute of Life Sciences, Jakarta, 13210, Indonesia.
³ Study Program of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jalan Dr. Setiabudhi 229, Bandung, 40154, Indonesia.
⁴ Akdeniz University, Department of Electricity and Energy, Antalya, 07070, Turkey.
⁵ School of Resources and Environment, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.O. Box 611731, Xiyuan Ave, Chengdu, PR China; Department of Chemical Engineering and Energy, Quchan University of Technology, Quchan, 9477177870, Iran.
⁶ Research Centre of Life Science and Healthcare, China Beacons Institute, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, 199 Taikang East Road, Ningbo, 315100, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: szeshin.low@gmail.com.
⁷ Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Subtropical Water Environment and Marine Biological Resources Protection, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China; Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. Electronic address: PauLoke.Show@nottingham.edu.my.

PMID: 35772520
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135515

Abstract

Microbial biosensor which integrates different types of microorganisms, such as bacteria, microalgae, fungi, and virus have become suitable technologies to address limitations of conventional analytical methods. The main applications of biosensors include the detection of environmental pollutants, pathogenic bacteria and compounds related to illness, and food quality. Each type of microorganisms possesses advantages and disadvantages with different mechanisms to detect the analytes of interest. Furthermore, there is an increasing trend in genetic modifications for the development of microbial biosensors due to potential for high-throughput analysis and portability. Many review articles have discussed the applications of microbial biosensor, but many of them focusing only about bacterial-based biosensor although other microbes also possess many advantages. Additionally, reviews on the applications of all microbes as biosensor especially viral and microbial fuel cell biosensors are also still limited. Therefore, this review summarizes all the current applications of bacterial-, microalgal-, fungal-, viral-based biosensor in regard to environmental, food, and medical-related applications. The underlying mechanism of each microbes to detect the analytes are also discussed. Additionally, microbial fuel cell biosensors which have great potential in the future are also discussed. Although many advantageous microbial-based biosensors have been discovered, other areas such as forensic detection, early detection of bacteria or virus species that can lead to pandemics, and others still need further investigation. With that said, microbial-based biosensors have promising potential for vast applications where the biosensing performance of various microorganisms are presented in this review along with future perspectives to resolve problems related on microbial biosensors.

Keywords: Biomedical applications; Environmental monitoring; Genetic engineering; Microbial biosensor; Pollutant detection.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bacteria
Bioelectric Energy Sources*
Biosensing Techniques* / methods
Environmental Pollutants*

Substances

Environmental Pollutants