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8097404 |
Composition and method for cell permeabilization comprising N-octyl-β-D-glucopyranoside, sodium polyphosphates, rubidium chloride and/or lithium chloride for detecting living cells on a membrane
The present invention relates to a composition for the permeabilization of the walls of microorganisms comprising the combination of octyl-β-D-glucopyranoside (NOG), sodium polyphosphates (HMP), ...
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7919250 |
Diagnostic and treatment methods for characterizing bacterial microbiota in skin conditions
The present invention relates to methods for characterization of bacterial skin microbiota to provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive measures for alleviating skin conditions. In certain...
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7863013 |
Method for the production of overproducing Staphylococcus aureus strains
The present invention relates to a method for the production of an overproducing Staphylococcus aureus strain comprising: (a) culturing a Staphylococcus aureus strain on a culture medium M1, M2 or...
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7718395 |
Monitoring cleaning of surfaces
A method for monitoring cleaning of a surface includes applying an amount of transparent indicator material to an area of a surface and measuring the amount of transparent indicator material...
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7648830 |
Method for determining the presence of bacteria resistant to cell lysing antibiotics
A method is provided for determining the presence of a target bacteria based on its resistance to a cell lysing antibiotic. Said antibiotic is used to lyse cells of non-target bacteria in a sample...
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7588909 |
Method for detecting Streptococcus agalactiae using α-glucosidase activity
The present invention concerns a method for specifically detecting and identifying Streptococcus agalactiae, using a reaction medium comprising at least one α-glucosidase enzymatic substrate.
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7582415 |
Rapid detection of replicating cells
The invention enables efficient, rapid, and sensitive enumeration of living cells by detecting microscopic colonies derived from in situ cell division using large area imaging. Microbial...
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7550289 |
Method of fabricating an entegral device of a biochip intergrated with micro thermo-electric elements and the apparatus thereof
A method of fabricating an integral device of a biochip integrated with micro thermo-electric elements and the apparatus thereof is disclosed. The micro thermo-electric biochip includes a micro...
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7534584 |
Modular compositing-multiple lot screening protocols for detection of pathogens, microbial contaminants and/or constituents
Particular aspects provide a method of sampling, testing and validating test lots (e.g., single-unit production lots), comprising: assembling a plurality of product portions from each of a...
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7429464 |
Methods for detecting bacterial pathogens
The present invention provides for methods for detecting bacterial pathogens in a sample. A preferred method includes the steps of: suspending a sample comprising a medium and microorganisms, the...
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7399609 |
Staphylococcus detection
The invention relates to methods of detecting staphylococcus.
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7316910 |
Rapid test for hemolytic streptococcus
A reagent for the detection of an extracellular enzymatically active protein produced by a beta-hemolytic streptococcus bacteria found in a host biological fluid includes a proteinaceous substrate...
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7175430 |
Support materials and imaging method for intraoral diagnostic purposes
The invention relates to deformable, curable or film-forming support materials which contain diagnostically useful additives for locus- and substance-specific intraoral diagnostics, and processes...
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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 of...
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7122314 |
Methods for detecting vancomycin-resistant microorganisms and compositions therefor
A method for detecting the presence of a vancomycin-resistant microorganism in a biological sample using a single chimeric probe in a cycling probe reaction.
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7090997 |
Diagnostic agent and test method for colon cancer using tannase as index
A diagnostic agent for colon cancer, which comprises a reagent for detecting a tannase high-producing bacterium or measuring an amount of tannase contained in an intracolonic microflora sample, and...
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7056510 |
Streptococcus pneumoniae SP036 polynucleotides, polypeptides, antigens and vaccines
The present invention relates to novel vaccines for the prevention or attenuation of infection by Streptococcus pneunoniae. The invention further relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding...
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7018807 |
Method and medium for detecting vancomycin-resistant enterococcus
A microbe-specific medium for detection of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in a test sample within 24 hours and preferably within 18 hours. The testing medium provides a selective growth medium...
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6861230 |
Antibiotic sensitivity testing
The use of an assay for adenylate kinase in an in vitro test for the effect of external conditions on the growth characteristics of bacterial cells. Such tests in particular include tests for the...
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6838292 |
Detection of biological warfare agents
Methods and devices are provided for the detection of bacterial agents such agents as Bacillus anthracis and Clostridium botulinum with high sensitivity and selectivity. More specifically, methods...
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6767536 |
Recombinant Staphylococcus thioredoxin reductase and inhibitors thereof useful as antimicrobial agents
Isolated and purified Staphylococcus thioredoxin reductases (TrxB) are provided. Polynucleotides encoding the TrxBs, vectors and host cells containing such polynucleotides are also provided. In...
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6663862 |
Reagents for detection and purification of antibody fragments
An isolated B1 domain polypeptide of bacterial Protein G which binds a Fab fragment of an IgG but substantially does not bind a Fc fragment of an IgG. Methods for the detection and purification of...
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6642017 |
Modulating production of pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide
The invention relates to methods of modulating capsular polysaccharide production in pneumococci such as Streptococcus pneumoniae. The invention further relates to methods of alleviating...
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6635484 |
Standard used in diagnostic and/or quantification tests
The present invention relates to a device for diagnosing and/or quantifying antibodies present in a biological fluid from a patient and which are specific for a reaction associated with an...
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6461833 |
Method to detect bacteria
The present invention relates to a method for enhancing the time of response of an assay for a first bacterium, wherein: a) the first bacterium is exposed to infection by phage particles to which...
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6423497 |
Method of labeling a nucleic acid amplicon with simultaneous contamination prevention
This invention relates to methods of amplifying nucleic acids to minimize contamination by products of earlier amplification reactions. More particularly, it relates to methods of using nucleic...
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6242210 |
Treatment of bacterial infections
An assay for compounds useful in the treatment of a bacterial induced coagulation disorder has the following steps: a) incubating a plasma sample with a strain of bacteria; b) adding a compound to...
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6222016 |
spoIIIE from Steptococcus pneumoniae
The invention provides spoIIIE polypeptides and DNA (RNA) encoding spoIIIE polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are methods for...
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6165740 |
Method and device for flow-cytometric microorganism analysis
To reduce the effects of the contaminants in the measurement of microorganisms and the reduction of the time necessary for the measurement. Measurement is performed of the microorganism prior to...
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6143868 |
Monofunctional glycosyltransferase of Staphylococcus aureus
The invention provides isolated nucleic acid compounds encoding a novel MTG of Staphylococcus aureus. Also provided are vectors and transformed heterologous host cells for expressing the MTG and a...
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6030835 |
Methods and composition for identifying group a streptococcus
Methods and compositions are provided for identifying a group A Streptococcus in any of a variety of physiological samples, such as blood, saliva, throat swabs, cerebrospinal fluid, brocheolar...
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6022682 |
Article and method for detection of enterotoxigenic staphylococci
An article for detecting thermostable nuclease positive, potentially enterotoxigenic, staphylococci, containing unhydrolyzed nucleotides, toluidine blue O, and a binder, wherein the article is...
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5914240 |
Method and test kits for detection of bacteriophage
A method for detection, identification and/or quantification of bacteriophage of bacterial host specificity for bacterial genus, species or serotype, based upon the occurrence of release of cell...
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5837482 |
Culture medium and methods for detecting staphylococci
A medium for detecting staphylococci is described. The medium contains components selective for growing staphylococci, and a glucopyranoside indicator substance in sufficient quantity to...
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5821335 |
Biosynthetic gene murg from streptococcus pneumoniae
The invention provides isolated nucleic acid compounds encoding the stem peptide biosynthetic gene murG of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Also provided are vectors and transformed heterologous host...
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5789191 |
Method of detecting and counting microorganisms
The invention provides a cosmetic or dermatological method for detecting and/or selectively quantifying individual microorganisms, and/or whole groups of microorganisms, which are present on human...
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5776722 |
Method of testing a body specimen taken from a patient for the presence or absence of a microorganism a further associated method and associated apparatus
A method of testing a body specimen taken from a patient for the presence or absence of a microorganism. A transport/isolator assembly is provided which includes a receptacle and a baiting assembly...
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5759799 |
Marker for revealing contaminants and application method for performing an antibiogram carried out directly on a sample
An incubation limit marker for revealing the growth of contaminants present in a sample includes at least one strain or category of classically contaminant bacteria in dehydrated form which, once...
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5741662 |
Direct stain specific binding assays for microorganisms
The present invention provides specific binding solid phase assay methods and kits for the detection of the presence or absence of a microorganism by directly staining the microorganism and...
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5665561 |
Modulators of pneumococcal adherence to pulmonary and vascular cells and diagnostic and therapeutic applications
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for preventing pneumococcal infection. In particular, this invention relates to the identification of the minimum receptor targets of...
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5604109 |
Method for exposing Group A streptococcal antigens and an improved diagnostic test for the identification of Group A streptococci
The present invention relates to the rapid detection of Group A streptococci in clinical specimens, through the enzymatic digestion by a semi-purified Group C streptococcal phage associated lysin...
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5536646 |
Simplified extraction method for bacterial antigens using dried reagents
Polysaccharide antigens characteristic of Group A or B Streptococci are extracted for use in immunodiagnostic assays by a simplified method. The method involves the use of two dried reagents,...
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5494805 |
Unit for the detection of residues of antibacterial compounds in liquids
The detection of residues of antibacterials such as antibiotics and sulpha compounds in liquids such as milk, water, meat juice, serum or urine is disclosed. A test unit comprises an agar medium...
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5470716 |
Method for diagnosing kawasaki syndrome
The invention relates to various methodologies for diagnosing Kawasaki syndrome. Various bacteria, including TSST-1 producing Staphylococcus aureus, and SPEB and SPEC producing streptococcus have...
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5380652 |
Device and procedure for identifying pathogenic microorganisms
Pathogenic microorganisms such as Staphylococcus aureus are differentiated and identified by observing the selective inhibition of the microorganism which occurs when it is contacted with...
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5374538 |
Method and kit for detection or quantification of streptococcus mutans and streptococcus sobrinus
A method for detecting and quantifying mutans streptococci in the saliva of an individual is provided comprising the steps of (a) collecting a sample of saliva on the surface of a solid carrier...
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5348855 |
Assay for nucleic acid sequences in an unpurified sample
A method for detecting (i) one or more microorganisms or (ii) nucleic acid sequences from a prokaryotic source or an eukaroytic source in an unpurified nucleic acid-containing test sample...
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5344762 |
Method for the early diagnosis of cancer
In a method for early diagnosis of human cancer, a human fecal sample of bacteria (Escherichia coli and/or Streptococcus faecalis), is incubated in vitro with a standard culture of a known number...
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5149622 |
Solid phase analytical device and method for using same
A novel material and device useful in solid-phase binding assays to determine the presence or amount of an analyte in a test sample, particularly antigens or antibodies, is disclosed. The material...
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5132210 |
Diagnostic test for staphylococcal mastitis
The present invention relates to (1) an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection in milk of antibodies of any isotype which are specific for Staphylococcus aureus proteins in...
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