Method for detecting prokaryotic organisms
US5348854A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 2, 1987 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2007 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S436/804
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for detecting a prokaryotic organism while in the presence of or associated with a eukaryotic organism which comprises selectively hybridizing ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequences of the prokaryotic organism with a detectably labelled prokaryotic rRNA information-containing hybridization probe; and detecting the label on the probe.
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