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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel Monget, Saint Sorlin en Bugey, FR;
Assignee:
Bio Merieux, Charbonnieres Les Bains, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 34 ; 435 32 ; 436 63 ; 436166 ; 436172 ;
Abstract
A method for the detection of microorganisms brings a sample suspected of containing a microorganism into contact with an aqueous phase reaction medium containing a carbon source and a resorufin marker. The reaction medium is incubated with the sample suspected of containing a microorganism and the fluorescence of the marker during or after incubating is observed. An observed decrease in emitted light indicates the presence of a microorganism.