Swab sampling is a common method for recovering microbes on various environmental surfaces. Its successful application for a specific target depends on the proper swab method and the following detection assay. Herein, we evaluated critical factors influencing surface swab sampling, aiming to achieve the optimal detection and quantification performance of optical detection for bacterial cells on stainless-steel surfaces. Our results showed the recovery rate of Salmonella enterica (SE1045) cells from the 10 × 10 cm2 stainless-steel surface reached up to 92.71 ± 2.19% when using ammonia bicarbonate-moistened polyurethane foam swabs for gentle collection, followed by ultrasound-assisted release in NH4HCO3 solution. Among the six different foam swabs, the Puritan™ Sterile Large Foam Swab contributed the lowest background noise and highest recovery efficiency when integrated with the optical detection assay. Notably, our method exhibited a strong linear relationship (r2 = 0.9983) between the detected cell numbers and the theoretical number of SE1045 cells seeded on surfaces in the range of 104-107 Colony Forming Units (CFU), with a limit of detection of 7.2 × 104 CFU 100 cm-2. This integration was completed within 2 h, exhibiting the applicable potential in various settings.
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