Probes for the specific detection of Escherichia coli and Shigella
US5084565A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 18, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 18, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S436/808
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Nucleic acid probes capable of specifically hybridizing to rRNA of E. coli and Shigella species and not to rRNA of non-E. coli/Shigella are described along with methods utilizing such probes for the specific detection of E. coli and/or Shigella in food and other samples.
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