Microfluidic biosensors for rapid detection of foodborne pathogenic bacteria: recent advances and future perspectives

Rapid detection of foodborne pathogenic bacteria is critical for ensuring food safety and preventing foodborne disease outbreaks. Traditional detection methods, while accurate, are often time-consuming and labor-intensive, making rapid detection technologies a pressing need. Microfluidic biosensors...

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Main Authors: Jian Zhang, Chuanlong Ma, Yaping Du, Jiangbo Huang, Li Xue
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fchem.2025.1536928/full
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description Rapid detection of foodborne pathogenic bacteria is critical for ensuring food safety and preventing foodborne disease outbreaks. Traditional detection methods, while accurate, are often time-consuming and labor-intensive, making rapid detection technologies a pressing need. Microfluidic biosensors have emerged as a powerful solution, offering high sensitivity, specificity, and rapid analysis with minimal sample volume. In this review, we summarize recent advances in microfluidic biosensor technology, highlighting innovations in detection techniques such as electrochemical and optical microfluidic biosensors. We have also introduced microfluidic components, which are crucial for the implementation of microfluidic biosensors. Based on the current state of this technology development, we finally provide several most important recommendations for future research directions in this emerging research area, which may enable widespread commercialization and adoption in the food industry.
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spelling doaj-art-3313b685256d438582fa4f7a30b3d2d42025-01-29T10:09:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Chemistry2296-26462025-01-011310.3389/fchem.2025.15369281536928Microfluidic biosensors for rapid detection of foodborne pathogenic bacteria: recent advances and future perspectivesJian Zhang0Chuanlong Ma1Yaping Du2Jiangbo Huang3Li Xue4School of Robot Engineering, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing, ChinaDepartment of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, ChinaDepartment of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, ChinaSchool of Robot Engineering, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing, ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Microanalytical Methods and Instrumentation, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaRapid detection of foodborne pathogenic bacteria is critical for ensuring food safety and preventing foodborne disease outbreaks. Traditional detection methods, while accurate, are often time-consuming and labor-intensive, making rapid detection technologies a pressing need. Microfluidic biosensors have emerged as a powerful solution, offering high sensitivity, specificity, and rapid analysis with minimal sample volume. In this review, we summarize recent advances in microfluidic biosensor technology, highlighting innovations in detection techniques such as electrochemical and optical microfluidic biosensors. We have also introduced microfluidic components, which are crucial for the implementation of microfluidic biosensors. Based on the current state of this technology development, we finally provide several most important recommendations for future research directions in this emerging research area, which may enable widespread commercialization and adoption in the food industry.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fchem.2025.1536928/fullmicrofluidic biosensorsfood safetyrapid analysisfoodborne pathogenslab-on-chip
spellingShingle Jian Zhang
Chuanlong Ma
Yaping Du
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Li Xue
Microfluidic biosensors for rapid detection of foodborne pathogenic bacteria: recent advances and future perspectives
Frontiers in Chemistry
microfluidic biosensors
food safety
rapid analysis
foodborne pathogens
lab-on-chip
title Microfluidic biosensors for rapid detection of foodborne pathogenic bacteria: recent advances and future perspectives
title_full Microfluidic biosensors for rapid detection of foodborne pathogenic bacteria: recent advances and future perspectives
title_fullStr Microfluidic biosensors for rapid detection of foodborne pathogenic bacteria: recent advances and future perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Microfluidic biosensors for rapid detection of foodborne pathogenic bacteria: recent advances and future perspectives
title_short Microfluidic biosensors for rapid detection of foodborne pathogenic bacteria: recent advances and future perspectives
title_sort microfluidic biosensors for rapid detection of foodborne pathogenic bacteria recent advances and future perspectives
topic microfluidic biosensors
food safety
rapid analysis
foodborne pathogens
lab-on-chip
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