Method for detecting viable cells in a sample by using a virus
US8609375B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 19, 2011 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Q1/70
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for detecting viable cells such as bacterial cells, within a sample, said method comprising (i) incubating said sample with a virus which is able to infect said cells under conditions which allow said virus to infect and replicate within any such cells which are viable; and (ii) detecting any nucleic acid obtained by replication of the virus in said cell.
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