Oligonucleotide probes and methods for detecting by hybridization the nucleic acids of bacteria and other living organisms

US5407797A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• INSTITUT PASTEUR · FR
• Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) · FR

Inventors

• Philippe Marliere · Paris, FR
• Patrick Grimont · Paris, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 11, 1993
• Grant date: Apr 18, 1995
• Expiry date: Jan 11, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Q1/6888
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a hybridization probe for detecting the existence of bacteria in a sample. It consists of one of the two pentadecadeoxyribonucleotides of sequence (5')d - AAG GAG GTG ATC CAG (3'), (5')d - CTG GAT CAC CTC CTT (3').