A Fluorescent Aptasensor Based on Tb-MOFs and Its Application for the Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Foods

Pseudomonas aeruginosais an important waterborne pathogen that is harmful to food safety and human health. Therefore, the detection ofPseudomonas aeruginosahas become an essential item in food sampling. This article constructs a fluorescent aptamer sensor based on Tb-MOFs, using Tb-MOFs as the fluorescence signal source, colloidal gold (AuNPs) as the signal conversion switch, and aptamers as the target recognition element, to establish a quantitative detection method forPseudomonas aeruginosa. The constructed sensor exhibits a good linear relationship within the concentration range ofPseudomonas aeruginosafrom 1 to 106CFU/mL, with a detection limit of 0.63 CFU/mL. Moreover, the sensor was also applied to the detection ofPseudomonas aeruginosain actual samples of bottled drinking water and orange juice. The fluorescent aptasensor based on Tb-MOFs provides a rapid and sensitive new sensing method for the detection ofPseudomonas aeruginosain food.