openalexFrontiers in Microbiology2026-07-24
Synthetic toehold biosensors for detecting Listeria monocytogenes in raw milk
Víctor M. Carballo-Uicab, Luz E. Casados-Vázquez, Drew Endy, J. E. Barboza-Corona
Introduction To our knowledge, direct detection of foodborne bacterial pathogens using toehold biosensors has not been demonstrated in complex food matrices such as raw milk, particularly for Listeria monocytogenes . Here, we report the design and evaluation of toehold biosensors…