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Cover Picture: Highly Water‐Soluble, Fluorescent, Conjugated Fluorene‐Based Glycopolymers with Poly(ethylene glycol)‐Tethered Spacers for Sensitive Detection of Escherichia coli (Chem. Eur. J. 10/2009)
Author(s) -
Xue Cuihua,
Velayudham Singaravelu,
Johnson Steve,
Saha Ratul,
Smith Adrian,
Brewer Wilbel,
Murthy Pushpalatha,
Bagley Susan T.,
Liu Haiying
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200990026
Subject(s) - ethylene glycol , escherichia coli , chemistry , steric effects , polymer chemistry , fluorescence , biochemistry , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , gene
Detection of pathogenic Escherichia coli is of the utmost importance in the food industry, water and environmental quality control, and clinical diagnosis for health and safety reasons. In their Full Paper on page 2289 ff., H. Liu et al. describe glycopolymers, with the use of poly(ethylene glycol), as glycoside‐tethered spacers that offer the sensitive detection of E. coli , as a result of the significantly reduced steric binding hindrance of the polymeric carbohydrates to the bacterial pili.