SAM is known as a tuneable platform through an ultra-thin, biocompatible, and controlled organic film formed by self-assembled from a strong chemisorption of thiols (R-S-H) or its derivatives (R-OH, R-COO, R-COOH, R-NH2, etc.) onto metal or semiconductor substrate. The monolayer is offering hydrophobic-hydrophilic control depending on their terminal group. These flexibilities were functionalized in order to immobilize the biomolecule like DNA/RNA, antibody/antigen, bacteriophages, and aptamers as a selective receptor to capture E. coli selectively as the most dangerous microorganism in environmental water into an array system called biosensor. A number of methods have been developed to characterize the performance of SAM functionalization in immobilizing biomolecule for E. coli rapid detection and real time in optical and electrochemical (amperometric, potentiometric, and impedimetric). Till date, nano-materials and nanotechnologies has significantly contributed as a key role as in basic platform forming the sensor sensitively. Nano materials offer attractive properties like shape dependent physical and unique size, easy synthesize, easy surface functionalization, and enhancement of an electron transfer. This review will discuss the biomolecule immobilization techniques with SAM and the sensing mechanism.