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Detection of microorganism by DNA hybridization

US6245509A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

Eric J. Stanbridge · Newport Beach, US
Ulf B. Gobel · Freiberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 14, 1998
Grant date	Jun 12, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 14, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12Q1/689
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Biological probes useful for detecting mycoplasmas or prokaryotes in general, or specific mycoplasma and eubacterial species are derived from the ribosomal RNA gene by selecting particular nucleotide sequences common to the class of organisms being detected.

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