Suntory Holdings Limited

Hiroko Nakagawa

Yukiko Kodama

Kazushige Hatanaka

Kaoru Osano

Koichi Tanaka

Shogo Moriya

Kouichi Tanaka

Shougo Moriya

The present invention relates to an instrument, a method and a kit for detecting a microorganism contaminating a subject test sample, which enables one to quickly and accurately identify the microorganism with an easy operation. The instrument for detecting a microorganism according to the present invention relates to a microarray type instrument in which oligonucleotides prepared based on nucleotide sequences specific to the species and genus to which the subject microorganism belongs have been immobilized onto a surface of a substrate. Based on the presence or absence of hybridization of the probes prepared from the test sample with the oligonucleotides immobilized onto the surface of the substrate, the present invention makes it possible to detect and/or identify the microorganism in the test sample easily, quickly and accurately.

Oligonucleotides, arrays thereof for detecting microorganisms, and an apparatus, a method and a kit for detecting microorganisms

A micro array instrument is used in which an oligonucleotide based on a species- or genus-specific nucleotide sequence of subject bacteria is immobilized on a surface of a substrate. By confirming whether the oligonucleotide immobilized on the substrate has hybridized with a probe prepared from a test sample, bacteria contained in the test sample can be detected and identified easily, quickly, and accurately.

Bacteria detecting instrument, bacteria detecting method, and bacteria detecting kit

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Chiba, Japan

Hiroko Nakagawa