Electrochemical Detection of Quorum Sensing Molecule ()--Butyryl Homoserine Lactone Using Molecularly Imprinted Polymers.

is a multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterium that poses a significant threat to public health, necessitating rapid and on-site detection methods for rapid recognition. The goal of the project is therefore to indirectly detect the presence of in environmental water samples targeting one of its quorum-sensing molecules, namely, ()--butyryl homoserine lactone (BHL). To this aim, molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) were synthesized via bulk free-radical polymerization using BHL as a template molecule.