Comparison of Au@MNP-WGA-LFA with other recently reported LFA-based bacterial detection methods.

Detection method	Bacteria	LOD (cells mL−1)	Reference
Magnetic-fluorescent LFA	S. typhimurium	3.75 × 103	44
Magnetic-fluorescent LFA	E. coli O157:H7	2.39 × 102	45
SERS LFA	E. coli O157:H7	50	46
Colorimetric LFA	S. aureus	103	47
Fluorescent LFA	S. aureus	6.6 × 102	48
Fluorescent LFA	E. coli O157:H7, S. typhi	50, 50	49
Magnetic SERS LFA	L. mono	10	This work
	C. jejuni	10
	S. aureus	10