Ag Develops Listeria Biosensor
Stephanie Cannon '06
May 27, 2015 8:24 AM
updated: May 27, 2015 8:30 AM
A Texas A&M AgriLife Research engineer and a Florida colleague have developed a biosensor that can detect listeria bacterial contamination within two or three minutes.
“We hope to soon be able to detect levels as low as one bacteria in a 25-gram sample of material – about one ounce,” said Dr. Carmen Gomes, AgriLife Research engineer with the Texas A&M University department of biological and agricultural engineering.
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