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7842500 Anti-heparan sulfate antibody, method for detection of heparan sulfate, and kit for detection of heparan sulfate  
An antibody which reacts with N-acetylheparosan and heparan sulfate that is derived from bovine kidney but does not substantially react with heparan sulfate derived from a murine...
7771660 Electrophoretic interactive spectral methods and devices for the detection and/or characterization of biological particles  
Methods for identifying a biological particle in a sample medium include generating an Electrophoretic Quasi-elastic Light Scattering (EQELS) spectrum for the biological particle in the sample...
7659085 Methods and compositions for the simultaneous detection of multiple analytes  
Methods and compositions comprising immunoassays for the detection of antigens and antibodies in a sample are described. In particular, the present invention provides assays that are useful for the...
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...
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...
7470520 Method for enterobacter identification  
The present invention is generally related to products and methods permitting the identification of Enterobacter species organisms. In addition, the invention provides the capability to...
7374905 Medium composition, method and device for selectively enhancing the isolation of anaerobic microorganisms contained in a mixed sample with facultative microorganisms  
The present invention is directed to a medium, broth or agar, and a method of utilizing the same, in order to isolate and/or identify anaerobes from a mixed sample that contains facultative...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
6969593 Method for the selective survival or selective growth of a target cell by the use of a conjugate, its use in therapeutics and/or diagnostics and the preparation of said conjugate  
The invention is in particular related to a method for the selective survival or selective growth of a target cell comprising the steps of: a) contacting the target cell with a conjugate compound...
6955886 Scintillation proximity assay for the detection of peptidoglycan synthesis  
The invention provides a scintillation proximity assay for detecting peptidoglycan synthesis. The assay is especially suitable for high throughput screening of compounds affecting peptidoglycan...
6905691 Vaccines containing attenuated bacteria  
The invention relates to a vaccine comprising a bacterium attenuated by a non-reverting mutation in a gene encoding a protein which promotes folding of extracytoplasmic proteins. Such mutations...
6861247 Salmonella secreted proteins and uses thereof  
Substantially pure Salmonella secreted proteins (Ssp), the sercetion of which is dependent upon the expession of PrgH; methods of diagnosing Salmonella infection; and live attenuated vaccine...
6844199 Direct detection of bacteria-antibody complexes via UV resonance Raman spectroscopy  
A system for the detection of bacteria based on bacteria-antibody complexes. Bacteria attached to antibody are detected with resonance Raman spectroscopy. The bacteria are detected directly in a...
6797485 Mass spectrometry of colonization factors  
Disclosed herein are methods for identifying at least one bacterial colonization factor of enterotoxigenic E. coil which comprise the following steps in the following order: 1) obtaining the...
6787332 Test media and quantitative or qualitative method for identification and differentiation of E. coli, general coliforms, salmonella, and aeromonas 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...
6783950 Method of detecting a microbe in a liquid water sample  
The invention relates to a method of determining the presence or absence of a target microbe in a liquid water sample, the method consisting of a) combining a liquid water sample and a powdered...
6764832 Plating media for the presumptive identification of the genus Shigella and the species Shigella sonnei and shigella boydii  
A solid growth plating medium in which Shigella organisms will grow and form colonies in the medium, and substantially, other microorganisms are inhibited or their colonies are differentiated from...
6730496 Method of detecting first generation environmental-sourced microbes in an environmentally-derived sample  
The invention relates to a method of detecting the presence or absence of a target microbe in a liquid sample, the method comprising: providing a powdered medium having one or more nutrient...
6617149 Method for isolation and identification of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 and plating media for said process  
An isolation plating medium for use in processes for the presumptive identification of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 from a sample that also contains other strains of Escherichia coli. The plating...
6569635 Growth state-specific immunofluorescent probes for determining physiological state and method of use  
A novel method for examining bacterial growth state is carried out by measuring the levels of conserved cytosolic proteins specific for alternative growth states, using bacterial specific antibody...
6548309 Procedure for assay of liquids containing undissolved solids, semisolids or colloids  
In qualitative or quantitative assays which employ a test device comprising a test strip pretreated for detection of a specified target analyte dissolved in a liquid medium, the presence of solid,...
6517844 Compositions and method for immunizing polutry  
The present invention is directed to vaccine compositions and methods for immunizing poultry. The vaccine compositions comprise inactivated bacterial organisms which can be administered to the...
6511819 Rapid coliform detection system  
A rapid method for detecting the presence or absence of coliform bacteria in a liquid or liquified dairy sample, for example, skimmed milk, lowfat milk, or whole milk. A growth medium containing a...
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...
6436649 Method for detecting and/or quantifying a hapten in a homogeneous phase and device for implementation thereof  
The invention discloses a method for detecting and/or quantifying a hapten in a homogeneous phase, comprising the following steps: adding a known quantity of a hapten inhibitor complex to the...
6428976 Rapid identification of microorganisms  
A method of determining whether a test microorganism is a known microorganism, involving use of an agent that specifically affects the growth of the known microorganism. The invention also features...
6391652 Immunoassay method and immunoassay kit  
An immunoassay method comprising bringing an immobilized phase comprising, at different positions on a water-absorbable base material, at least two first immunity substances capable of specifically...
6379918 Composition, formulae, devices and methods for control of specificity and inclusivity of microorganisms containing closely related antigen epitopes  
Compositions, formulae, devices and methods for the detection of target microorganisms, such as by visual immunoprecipitate assay, enzyme linked immunoassay, chemiluminescence, immunoblotting, or...
6365368 Rapid method for the detection and quantification of microbes in water  
The present invention concerns methods of testing water for microbe contamination. The methods of the invention comprise supplementing existing methods with assays using specific reagents such as...
6329166 Detection of first generational environmental sourced microbes in an environmentally-derived sample  
The presence or absence of a predetermined target first generation environmental sourced microbe in an environmentally derived sample is determined by adding a testing medium to the sample, or vice...
6306621 Membrane filter agar medium for simultaneous detection of total coliforms and E. coli  
An improved method for detection of total coliforms and E. coli comprising a broth containing an ingredient that will encourage growth and repair of injured coliforms, buffers to maintain a pH in...
6210911 Rapid Identification of Escherichia coli O157:H7  
A method of determining whether a test microorganism is a known microorganism, involving use of an agent that specifically affects the growth of the known microorganism. The invention also features...
6168924 Limulus reaction-activating substance, method for inactivating the substance and measuring its amount, and method for measuring limulus reaction  
The presence of endotoxin in the outer membrane of cell wall of a Gram-negative bacteria is used to determine bacterial contamination in a biological product. The amount of endotoxin present in a...
6165743 Culture medium for revealing enterohemorrhagic E. coli bacteria and procedure therefor  
The invention concerns a culture medium and a method for revealing enterohemorrhagic E. coli bacteria, particularly serotypes O157 and/or O11, comprising a chromogenic substrate compound of the...
6159689 Methods of capture and assay procedures  
Methods of capturing and labeling a species, include attracting magnetically attractable particles to a solid support by magnetic forces, which particles have an affinity for the species,...
6159683 Method of determining stage of sepsis  
The invention relates to a method for staging sepsis in a patient by concurrently measuring in a sample of the patient's blood four parameters which are indicative of the stage of sepsis: 1) the...
6114137 Assay using marked microbial host cell strains  
An assay is provided for determining the presence of contaminating microbial host cells in a culturing vessel containing a microbial host cell strain that utilizes more than one carbohydrate source...
6083684 Viral products  
Bacteriophages of food-contaminating or pathogenic bacteria or the lysins thereof are used to kill such bacteria. Examples include lysins from bacteriophages of Listeria monocytogenes and...
6063590 Membrane filter agar medium containing two enzyme substrates used for the simultaneous detection of total coliforms and E. coli.  
An improved method for detection of total coliforms and E. coli comprising placing the target sample in a broth containing an ingredient that will encourage growth and repair of injured coliforms,...
5976525 Method for producing enhanced antigenic enteric bacteria  
Methods using in vitro processes are disclosed for inducing or enhancing expression of enteric bacterial antigens or virulence factors. The methods, therefore, produce antigenically enhanced...
5972641 Rapid coliform detection system  
A rapid method for detecting the presence or absence of coliform bacteria in a liquid or liquified dairy sample, for example skimmed milk. A growth medium containing a fluorogenic substrate is...
5968762 Method for detecting bacteria in a sample  
The invention is a method for detecting the presence of bacteria in a sample. The method of the invention utilizes the steps of (a) admixing a fluorescent conjugate with a sample to be tested for...
5952188 Reusable immobilized microbial composition useful as ready-to-use seed inoculum in BOD analysis  
A reusable immobilized microbial composition is formulated. The formulated microbial composition comprises a synergistic mixture of the bacterial strains of Enterobacter cloaca, Citrobacter...
5935799 Biological assay for microbial contamination  
A semi-quantitative method for determining the concentration of viable coliforms or E. coli in a liquid is provided. The sample to be tested is mixed with an indicator reagent which includes a...
5869321 Thin film culture plate device containing granulated medium particles  
The present disclosure reports a thin film culture plate device including i) a self-supporting, waterproof substrate containing a layer of a unique reconstitutable culture medium made of nutrients...
5861270 Enzymatic method for detecting coliform bacteria or E. coli  
A two stage enzymatic method for the detection of coliform bacteria or E. coli wherein bacteria are concentrated on a membrane filter. This filter is placed on a growth medium containing nutrients,...
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