The United States of America

Vivione Biosciences, LLC

Litmus Rapid-B LLC

Bill Nevius

Jon Gardner Wilkes

Dan Alexander Buzatu

Randal K Tucker

Melinda Miller

Jason T Taylor

Ted A Moskal

Shawn Ramsanoop

Dan A Buzatu

Jon G Wilkes

In various embodiments, the present disclosure describes methods and systems for detecting microbes in a sample. The methods are generally applicable to quantifying the number of target bacteria in a sample counted from a detection region of a flow cytometer histogram. The detection methods can be employed in the presence of other microorganisms and other non-target microbe components to selectively quantify the amount of a target microbe. The methods are advantageous over those presently existing for testing of foodstuffs and diagnostic evaluation in their speed, accuracy and ease of use. Various swab collection devices and kits useful for practicing the present disclosure are also described herein.

Flow cytometry-based systems and methods for detecting microbes

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Lafayette, CO, United States of America

Bill Nevius