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Of the 21 aptamers tested, the C(t) values of the SS-3 and SS-4 aptamers (Ct = 13.89 and Ct = 12.23, respectively) had the lowest value compared to other aptamer candidates. The SS-3 and SS-4 aptamers also displayed a binding affinity (KD) of 39.32 \u00b1 5.02 nM and 15.89 \u00b1 1.77 nM, respectively. An aptamer-based fluorescent biosensor assay was designed to detect and discriminate S. sonnei cells using a sandwich complex pair of SS-3 and SS-4. The detection of S. sonnei by the aptamer based fluorescent biosensor platform consisted of three elements: (1) 5\u2019amine-SS-4 modification in a 96-well type microtiter plate surface (N-oxysuccinimide, NOS) as capture probes; (2) the incubation with S. sonnei and test microbes in functionalized 96 assay wells in parallel; (3) the readout of fluorescent activity using a Cy5-labeled SS-3 aptamer as the detector. Our platform showed a significant ability to detect and discriminate S. sonnei from other enteric species such as E. coli, Salmonella typhimurium and other Shigella species (S. flexneri, S. boydii). In this study, we demonstrated the feasibility of an aptamer sensor platform to detect S. sonnei in a variety of foods and pave the way for its use in diagnosing shigellosis through multiple, portable designs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules22050825","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,5,17]],"date-time":"2017-05-17T11:13:17Z","timestamp":1495019597000},"page":"825","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":69,"title":["Detecting and Discriminating Shigella sonnei Using an Aptamer-Based Fluorescent Biosensor Platform"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Myeong-Sub","family":"Song","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biological Sciences, Chungbuk National University, 1 Chungdae-Ro, Seowon-Gu, Cheongju 28644, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Simranjeet","family":"Sekhon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biological Sciences, Chungbuk National University, 1 Chungdae-Ro, Seowon-Gu, Cheongju 28644, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Woo-Ri","family":"Shin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biological Sciences, Chungbuk National University, 1 Chungdae-Ro, Seowon-Gu, Cheongju 28644, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hyung","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Technology Transfer Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience &amp; Biotechnology, 125 Gwahak-Ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 34141, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiho","family":"Min","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Chonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-Gu Jeonju, Jeonbuk 54896, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ji-Young","family":"Ahn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biological Sciences, Chungbuk National University, 1 Chungdae-Ro, Seowon-Gu, Cheongju 28644, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yang-Hoon","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biological Sciences, Chungbuk National University, 1 Chungdae-Ro, Seowon-Gu, Cheongju 28644, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,5,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Campilongo, R., Di Martino, M.L., Marcocci, L., Pietrangeli, P., Leuzzi, A., Grossi, M., Casalino, M., Nicoletti, M., Micheli, G., and Colonna, B. 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