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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2015
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Burlington, NC (US);
Dwight Lyman Anderson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jose S. Gil, Winnetka, CA (US);
Ben Barrett Hopkins, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Stephen Erickson, White Bear Township, MN (US);
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Burlington, NC (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for rapid detection of microorganisms in a sample, without culturing for enrichment of the microorganism. A modified bacteriophage is also disclosed which comprises a non-native indicator gene in the late gene region. The indicator product is not a fusion protein. The specificity of infectious agents allows a specific microorganism to be targeted, and an indicator signal may be amplified to optimize assay sensitivity.