{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Zhang P"],"funding":["New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment"],"pagination":["131"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11940179"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(3)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Plant pathogen zoospores play a vital role in the transmission of several significant plant diseases, with their early detection being important for effective pathogen management. Current methods for pathogen detection involve labour-intensive specimen collection and laboratory testing, lacking real-time feedback capabilities. Methods that can be deployed in the field and remotely addressed are required. In this study, we have developed an innovative zoospore-sensing device by combining a microfluidic sampling system with a microfluidic cytometer and incorporating a chemotactic response as a means to selectively detect motile spores. Spores of <i>Phytophthora cactorum</i> were guided to swim up a detection channel following a gradient of attractant. They were then detected by a transient c"],"journal":["Biosensors"],"pubmed_title":["Microfluidic Biosensors for the Detection of Motile Plant Zoospores."],"pmcid":["PMC11940179"],"funding_grant_id":["C09X1817"],"pubmed_authors":["Helps R","Pushparajah IPS","Stephens L","Travas-Sejdic J","Williams DE","Zhang P","Wood M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Microfluidic Biosensors for the Detection of Motile Plant Zoospores.","description":"Plant pathogen zoospores play a vital role in the transmission of several significant plant diseases, with their early detection being important for effective pathogen management. Current methods for pathogen detection involve labour-intensive specimen collection and laboratory testing, lacking real-time feedback capabilities. Methods that can be deployed in the field and remotely addressed are required. In this study, we have developed an innovative zoospore-sensing device by combining a microfluidic sampling system with a microfluidic cytometer and incorporating a chemotactic response as a means to selectively detect motile spores. Spores of <i>Phytophthora cactorum</i> were guided to swim up a detection channel following a gradient of attractant. They were then detected by a transient c","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Feb","modification":"2025-06-25T03:04:14.352Z","creation":"2025-06-25T03:04:14.352Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11940179","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40136928"],"doi":["10.3390/bios15030131"]}}