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Such DEP force greatly enhanced the concentration of the small particles near the tip. The increase of the local concentration also increased the scattering of surface plasmon wave near the fiber tip. Combined both DEP effect and scattering optical near-field, we show the detection limit of the concentration for 1.36 \u03bcm polystyrene beads can be down to 1 particle\/mL. The detection limit of the Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria was 20 CFU\/mL. 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