Method for detecting bacteria with bacteriaphage
US6555312B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 22, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2333/43595
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for detecting a bacterium for measurement, including the steps of: allowing a bacteriophage to bind to the bacterium, the bacteriophage being capable of specifically binding to the bacterium and growing in the bacterium, whereby a gene within the bacteriophage which expresses a light-emission protein is introduced into the bacterium so that a protein is produced within the bacterium as a product of the gene; and providing an external factor in a non-invasive manner from outside of the bacterium, thereby causing only the actually-present bacterium to emit light in a specific manner.
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