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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2013
Pamela a Boss, San Diego, CA (US);
Pamela A Boss, San Diego, CA (US);
The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A device and method for detecting bacteria in a sample can include an optically transparent substrate and a phage that is known to react with the bacteria being detected. The phage can be tagged with a fluorescent tag such as DAPI or SBYR® Gold cyanine dye. Once fluorescently tagged, the phage-substrate combination can be illuminated with a light source, at a wavelength that corresponds to an excitation wavelength for the fluorescent tag to establish a baseline intensity for the device. The device can then be exposed to the sample and illuminated to establish a test intensity. The bacteria to be detected can be deemed as being present if the test intensity is less than the baseline intensity.