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Biosensor Definition:

  • A device for the detection of a particular substance (an analyte) that combines a biological receptor with a physicochemical detector.

    Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton



Biosensor Notes:

Biosensors are analytical devices that are used to detect a chemical substance, which combines a biological component with a physiochemical detector. The sensitive biological element such as microorganisms, cell receptors, tissue, organelles, nucleic acids, enzymes, antibodies etc., is a biomimetic component that recognizes and binds with the analyte.

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