Assay method for detecting the presence of bacteria
US5491068A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 31, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 31, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/56911
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An assay method is provided to easily and quickly detect the presence of organisms capable of being cultured, such as bacteria, characterized by antibody capture of the organism of interest by use of specialized magnetic beads, incubation of the captured cells to form colonies; removal of material from the colonies with a colony lift membrane; and detection of the colony material on the membrane sheet by use of labeled antibodies, PCR or nucleic acid probes.
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