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7351548 |
Culture medium for detecting bacteria of listeria genus
The invention concerns a culture medium for isolating bacteria of Listeria genus, in particular L. monocytogenes , characterized in that it comprises in a Listeria culture medium, at least a...
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7351525 |
Positronium-mediated method for identifying a contaminant gas in a gaseous mixture
The present invention discloses an in vitro method to identify a contaminant gas in a specimen comprising a mixture of gases as a function of the decay rate of at least one species of positronium....
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7338778 |
Luminescent method for determining cell oxygen consumption
The present invention relates to methods for detection and evaluation of metabolic activity of eukaryotic and/or prokaryotic cells based upon their ability to consume dissolved oxygen. The methods...
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7335485 |
Device and method for determining antibiotic susceptibility
The present invention provides a method of determining the antibiotic susceptibility of a microorganism comprising the following steps. First, a culture of the microorganism whose susceptibility is...
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7312090 |
Label-free methods for performing assays using a colorimetric resonant reflectance optical biosensor
Methods are provided for detecting biomolecular interactions. The use of labels is not required and the methods can be performed in a high-throughput manner. The invention also relates to optical...
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7309580 |
Chromogenic plating medium for the rapid presumptive identification of Bacillus anthrasis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis
A plating medium for the presumptive identification of Bacillus cereus, Bacillus thuringiensis and/or Bacillus anthrasis that includes a nutrient base to facilitate growth of Bacillus cereus,...
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7309581 |
Method of staining, detection and counting bacteria, and a diluent for bacterial stain
A method of staining bacteria comprises: working a polymethine dye on a sample in the presence of a substance capable of reducing nitrite ions to stain bacteria in the sample. A method of detecting...
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7306924 |
Biosensor and related method
A method for collecting a microbiological substance utilizes a micro fabricated biochip having a collection chamber. A fluid sample containing a microbiological entity of interest is delivered to...
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7306930 |
Method bacterial endospore quantification using lanthanide dipicolinate luminescence
A lanthanide is combined with a medium to be tested for endospores. The dipicolinic acid released from the endospores binds the lanthanides, which have distinctive emission (i.e., luminescence)...
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7297551 |
Recombinant proteins and peptides for endotoxin biosensors, endotoxin removal, and anti-microbial and anti-endotoxin therapeutics
Recombinant fragments of Factor C are disclosed. These proteins and peptides show great potency in recognizing, binding to, neutralizing and removing endotoxin. These molecules can thus be used for...
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7282180 |
Devices and methods to image objects
Devices and methods for automated collection and image analysis are disclosed that enable identification or classification of microscopic objects aligned or deposited on surfaces. Such objects,...
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7279303 |
Positronium-mediated method for identifying an organism
The present invention discloses an in vitro method to identify an organism in a specimen as a function of the decay rate of at least one species of positronium. The positronium is obtained by...
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7273719 |
Test media for quantitative or qualitative identification and differentiation of general coliforms, E coli, Aeromonas spp and Salmonella spp materials in a test sample
A test medium and method for detecting, quantifying, identifying and differentiating up to four (4) separate biological materials in a test sample. A test medium is disclosed which allows...
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7270974 |
Rapid diagnostic method for detecting bacterial sinusitis
A method and device for rapidly, non-invasively and inexpensively differentiating between allergic rhinitis, upper respiratory tract viral infection and bacterial sinusitis, comprising a support...
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7267937 |
Facile diagnosis and monitoring of pneumocystis carinii infection
Significantly low circulating S-adenosylmethionine levels were found to be diagnostic for human Pneumocystis carinii infection, and rise in levels towards normal correlated with successful...
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7262021 |
Method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of microorganisms
Media, kits, and methods are disclosed for use in processes requiring microbial culture. More specifically, the invention provides carrageenan-stabilized agar-based microbial culture media for kits...
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7259247 |
Anti-human T-cell costimulating polypeptide monoclonal antibodies
A polypeptide (8F4 molecule) with a T-cell costimulating biological activity is disclosed, as well as monoclonal antibodies against said 8F4 molecule and hybridoma cells which produce the...
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7256048 |
Method for detection of malaria and other parasite infections
A method of detecting parasite infection, particularly malaria, includes mixing a blood sample with a lytic reagent system to lyse red blood cells, and to form a sample mixture; performing a...
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7244583 |
Device for detecting bacterial contamination and method of use
A device and method for detecting the presence or absence of a prokaryotic microorganism are provided, comprising the steps of identifying a protein, such as a microbial-specific protease that...
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7238496 |
Rapid and automated electrochemical method for detection of viable microbial pathogens
A method for in situ detection of viable pathogenic bacteria in a selective medium by measuring cathodic peak current of oxygen on cyclic voltammograms during bacterial proliferation with an...
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7235353 |
Predicting hepatotoxicity using cell based assays
Cell based assays are used to assess the hepatotoxicity of a stimulus. Imaging technologies are used to analyze the effects of a stimulus on hepatocytes. Image analysis may characterize the...
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7235379 |
Method and medium for the detection/identification of microorgranisms with esterase activity
The invention relates to a method and a medium for microbiological analysis by biochemical means involving chromogenic or fluorogenic substrates that react with enzymes (esterases) specific for the...
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7226740 |
Aza-benzazolium containing cyanine dyes
Unsymmetrical cyanine dyes that incorporate an aza-benzazolium ring moiety are described, including cyanine dyes substituted by a cationic side chain, monomeric and dimeric cyanine dyes, chemically...
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7217536 |
Medium and method for detecting/identifying microorganisms
A medium for biological analysis by biochemical means involving chromogenic or fluorogenic substrates that react with enzymes (esterases and/or osidases and/or peptidases and/or sulfatases and/or...
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7208299 |
Composition and method for regulating the adhesion of cells and biomolecules to hydrophobic surfaces
The present invention is directed to a composition and method for regulating the adhesion of cells and biomolecules to hydrophobic surfaces and hydrophobic coated surfaces. The composition is a...
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7198907 |
Vibrio bacteria detection and differentiation
The invention concerns a culture medium for isolating Vibrio bacteria, characterised in that it comprises, in a Vibrio culture medium, at least a chromogenic agent selected among the...
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7192734 |
Method of testing for the presence of microorganisms in a gaseous environment comprising hydrogen peroxide
The invention relates to a method of testing for the presence of microorganisms in a gaseous environment comprising hydrogen peroxide, comprising the following steps:
(i) bringing the...
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7183073 |
Method for detecting microorganisms
A device and method are provided for isolating and culturing microorganisms from a bulk fluid sample. The device comprises a container having therein a polymeric immobilization layer having...
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7183113 |
Method and device for detecting biologically active substances
The invention claimed herein is a kit for detecting biologically active substances on a support, comprising the luminescent marine bacteria Vibria Fischeri in a form stabilized for transport and...
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7182935 |
Bacterial plaque evidencing composition based on natural colorants
The present invention deals with a composition for evidencing bacterial plaque based on natural colorants comprising at least one concentrated solution of natural colorant selected from the group...
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7179596 |
Biological particulate matter analogue
The present invention provides a biological particle analogue, or biological analogue, that simulates a chosen biological organism or compound. The biological analogue includes a first portion that...
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7179636 |
Preparing a sample to be analyzed from a sample with very large volume
The invention concerns the use of filtering means comprising a housing ( 2 ) wherein are arranged parallel to one another a plurality of hollow fibers ( 3 ), whereof the porous wall ( 3 a ) of each...
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7169579 |
Method of isolating Streptococcus sobrinus and selection medium
A method of selectively isolating Streptococcus sobrinus alone out of oral streptococci including mutans streptococci, and a medium for selecting Streptococcus sobrinus are developed. A method...
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7166443 |
Methods, compositions, and automated systems for separating rare cells from fluid samples
The present invention recognizes that diagnosis and prognosis of many conditions can depend on the enrichment of rare cells from a complex fluid sample. In particular, the enrichment of fetal cells...
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7157242 |
Method for staining fungi and protozoa
The present invention provides a method for the staining of fungi and microsporidia for observation with a light microscope based upon the presence of chitin in the composition of these...
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7150977 |
Plating media for the identification of Salmonella
An isolation plating medium for the identification of Salmonella bacteria in a sample containing a plurality of different bacteria comprising a mixture of a carbohydrate capable of being a...
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7148033 |
Method for detection for total coliforms and E. coli
An improved method for detection of total coliforms and E. coli comprising a broth containing an ingredient that will suppress growth of non-coliform gram negative bacteria, and at least one...
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7141387 |
Microorganism culture medium
A microorganism culture medium comprising a derivative A′ of a chromogen A, and a chromogen B, where the chromogen A is a chromogen being oxidized to a colorant, and the chromogen B is a...
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7138280 |
Masking of the background fluorescence and luminescence in the optical analysis of biomedical assays
In a process for the quantitative optical analysis of biological cells labelled with a fluorescent dye, the sensitivity of analytical detection can be considerably improved if a masking dye, which...
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7138266 |
Bacterial strain of Escherichia coli BKIIM B-3996 as the producer of L-threonine
A bacterial strain of Escherichia coli is described which produces L-threonine, and is obtained by a process comprising transduction by bacteriophage P1 which bears a transposon which inactivates...
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7132254 |
Method and apparatus for detecting phycocyanin-pigmented algae and bacteria from reflected light
The present invention relates to a method of detecting phycocyanin algae or bacteria in water from reflected light, and also includes devices for the measurement, calculation and transmission of...
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7125980 |
Nucleic acid fragments for the identification of bacteria in industrial wastewater bioreactors
Unique bacterial strains and identifying 16S rDNA sequences have been isolated from activated wastewater sludge. The 16S rDNA sequences are diagnostic for organisms which are key to the health of...
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7125981 |
Nucleic acid fragments for the identification of bacteria in industrial wastewater bioreactors
Unique bacterial strains and identifying 16S rDNA sequences have been isolated from activated wastewater sludge. The 16S rDNA sequences are diagnostic for organisms which are key to the health of...
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7122339 |
Method for generating diversity
The invention relates to a method for preparing an antibody-producing cell line capable of directed constitutive hypermutation of a specific nucleic acid region, comprising the steps of: a)...
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7118857 |
Methods and compositions for detection of microbial contaminants in peritoneal dialysis solutions
Methods and compositions for detection of microbial contaminants in peritoneal dialysis solutions are provided. The methods and compositions employ modified bioburden testing and the detection of...
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7112416 |
Detection of microbiological growth in a sealed container using a poising agent
According to the present invention, there is disclosed a method of stabilizing the output signal of a system that detects microbiological growth in a sealed sample container that contains a sample...
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7094893 |
Nucleic acid fragments for the identification of bacteria in industrial wastewater bioreactors
Unique bacterial strains and identifying 16S rDNA sequences have been isolated from activated wastewater sludge. The 16S rDNA sequences are diagnostic for organisms which are key to the health of...
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7090996 |
Process for examining membrane enclosed biocompartments
A process for the examination of biocompartments ( 1 ), having a micro-flow chamber ( 2 ) which contains a biocompartment ( 1 ) which is continually or intermittently subjected to the through-flow...
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7087401 |
Culture medium and method for detecting thermonuclease-positive staphylococci
The present invention provides a method of detecting thermonuclease-positive staphylococci that does not require inactivation of DNase-positive/TNase-negative bacteria with heat. The method...
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7074553 |
Retrovirus associated with myelodysplastic syndromes and uses thereof
The present invention relates first, to the identification of a novel retrovirus and the novel nucleotide sequences encoding a retroviral polymerase gene (POL nucleotides) associated with the...
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