Method of detecting microbes utilizing chemiluminescent compound
US5223402A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 30, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Q1/10
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of detecting, identifying, and enumerating microbes in biological and non-biological samples includes the steps of combining the sample with a triggerable chemiluminescent compound specifically susceptible to the initiation of chemiluminescent decomposition by at least one microbial enzyme in the sample and detecting and integrating light emission over an extended period of time as an indication of the presence, identification, or enumeration of the microbes in the sample.
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