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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2015
Dow Global Technologies Llc, Midland, MI (US);
Paul O. Schook, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Bei Yin, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of examining a water supply for microbial contamination involves contacting a water supply with a novel reagent having high specificity for amicrobial species, wherein said reagent does not cross-react, or minimally cross-reacts, with a microbial species other than. The method further involves detecting, or measuring, a contaminating concentration of aspecies in the water supply. Useful reagents comprise at least one nucleotide sequence primer comprising a primer sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 3-10 or a combination of such primer sequences. The increased specificity of such reagents permits more sensitive detection of microbial contamination.