Table 1.

Representative applications of cell‐based biosensors. The table summarises some of the recent examples of synthetic biology enabled cell‐based biosensors in the literature over different areas of monitoring.

Application	Examples	References
Environmental monitoring	Detection of explosive residue	11
	Heavy metals	1, 26, 27, 28
	Pesticides	29, 30
	Pharmaceuticals	31
	Endocrine disruptors	32
	Hydrocarbons	33, 34
Toxicity assay	Whole‐cell human toxicity sensor	35
Diagnostics	Quorum sensing molecules for infection	5
	Gut inflammation	7, 36
	Sepsis	6
	Antimicrobial resistance	21, 22
Point‐of‐care monitoring	Proof‐of‐concept wearable device	19
Treatment	Detecting and supressing cholera	23
	Drug screening	20
Nutrition	Zinc monitoring in human serum	8
Bioproduction	Lactate production in cell culture	3
	Cell‐based stress	4
	Identification of optimal bioprocess parameters	24
Food safety	Pathogens	37
	Allergens	38
Functional biomaterials	Proof‐of‐concept biomaterial to detect chemical inducers such as IPTG and DAPG	25