Institute for Environmental Health, Inc.

Phage Diagnostics, Inc.

Michael Cappillino

Edyta Krzymanska-Olejnik

Michael Sandor Koeris

Jayson Linn Bowers

Daniel Robert Brownell

Robert Patrick Shivers

Timothy Kuan Ta Lu

Julie Thomason

Composition and methods for the detection of one or more target microbe(s) are provided. Compositions of the disclosure include at least one recombinant phage capable of infecting a target microbe, said phage comprising at least a capsid protein sequence, a ribosome binding site, and a codon-optimized marker. Compositions of the disclosure may further include an aqueous solution that enhances the ability to detect marker expression upon phage infection of the target microbe. In some embodiments the target microbe include is

Codon optimized recombinant phage and methods of using same

Methods of detecting target bacteria are provided. In some embodiments the methods comprise exposing the sample to a phage capable of infecting a set of target bacteria and comprising a heterologous nucleic acid sequence encoding a marker. In some embodiments the target bacteria comprise. In some embodiments the target bacteria are all. Recombinantphage comprising a heterologous nucleic acid sequence encoding a marker are also provided as are useful combinations of such phage and articles of manufacture comprising such phage, among other things.

Phage-based bacterial detection assay

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Reading, MA, United States of America

Michael Cappillino