Recent advances in screening aquatic products for Vibrio spp.

Abstract Vibrio infectious diseases spreading every day through aquatic food may be a life-threatening problem for people with weak immune and growing menace to society. It was estimated that the cost of foodborne diseases was approximately $5–6 billion per year. Traditional methods for Vibrio spp . sensing showed high accuracy but very low detection limit. Immunoassays and nucleic acid-based assays could provide results within 24 h, while they are expensive, labor-cost and tedious. Hence, it was urgently needed for the development of cost-effective, rapid and reliable alternative methods for real-time biosensing of Vibrio spp . Several biosensors have been established for the screening of Vibrio spp . in seafood and water. In this review, we have updated the advances in biosensing assays for screening of Vibrio spp ., such as electrochemical, optical and novel nano-scaled aptamers based biosensors. Meanwhile, attentions have been paid on the principal concepts, applications, and examples that have been achieved up to determine Vibrio spp.