Credit: Hiroshi Kimoto of Sophia University
Endotoxins are dangerous substances produced by many types of bacteria, but current methods to detect them are time consuming and expensive. Now, researchers have developed a convenient platform that can quickly detect endotoxins using a fluorescent chemosensor and a self-developed dual-wavelength fluorophotometer. The chemosensor forms distinct complex aggregates by binding to LPS molecules, which exhibit fluorescence at specific wavelengths that are simultaneously and accurately measured by the fluorophotometer