Patent · US Expired

Rapid identification of environmental bacillus

US5156971A · kind A · utility

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Inventors

Johnathan L. Kiel · San Antonio, US
John L. Alls · San Antonio, US
Richard A. Weber · Moers, DE
Jill E. Parker · San Antonio, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 15, 1992
Grant date	Oct 20, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 15, 2012

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2333/32
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A diagnostic test for environmental bacillus which comprises the steps of inoculating an agar growth medium comprising a nitrate source, luminol and 3-amino-L-tyrosine (3AT) with the sample, incubating the inoculated medium and determining the presence of the bacillus. The novel medium preferably comprises potassium nitrate, luminol, 3-amino-L-tyrosine and trypticase soy agar. Antibiotics and/or a specific bacteriophage may be added to the medium surface in localized areas to show specific bacterial lysis for identification. The novel medium and the methods of this invention are suitable for the identification of B. anthracis.

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