AUTHOR=Bodelón Gustavo , Montes-García Verónica , Pérez-Juste Jorge , Pastoriza-Santos Isabel 

TITLE=Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Spectroscopy for Label-Free Analysis of P. aeruginosa Quorum Sensing

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-and-infection-microbiology/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2018.00143

DOI=10.3389/fcimb.2018.00143

ISSN=2235-2988

ABSTRACT=<p>Bacterial quorum sensing systems regulate the production of an ample variety of bioactive extracellular compounds that are involved in interspecies microbial interactions and in the interplay between the microbes and their hosts. The development of new approaches for enabling chemical detection of such cellular activities is important in order to gain new insight into their function and biological significance. In recent years, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy has emerged as an ultrasensitive analytical tool employing rationally designed plasmonic nanostructured substrates. This review highlights recent advances of SERS spectroscopy for label-free detection and imaging of quorum sensing-regulated processes in the human opportunistic pathogen <italic>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</italic>. We also briefly describe the challenges and limitations of the technique and conclude with a summary of future prospects for the field.</p>