. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2009;48(37):6790–6810. doi: 10.1002/anie.200900231

Table 1.

Summary of phage-enabled QCM sensors (n.a. indicates not available).

Probe	Analyte	Detection limit	Ref.
branched polymers of maltose	M13 phage displaying maltose-binding protein on pIII	20 phages	[64]
anti-pVIII antibody	M13 phage	10⁶ pfu mL⁻¹	[65]
fd phages displaying VTPPTQHQ on pVIII from a landscape f8/8 phage library through affinity-selection	Salmonella typhimurium	10² cells mL⁻¹	[66]
fd phages displaying β-gal-binding peptide on pVIII	β-gal from E. coli	3 pm	[67]
spheroid fd phage displaying S. typhimurium-binding peptide on pVIII	Salmonella typhimurium	10² cells mL⁻¹	[68]
MOMP^[a] fragment from Legionella pneumophila	M13 phage displaying anti-MOMP fragment	n.a.	[69]

^[a]

MOMP = major outer membrane protein.