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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Biotechnology Australia PTY Limited, Roseville, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-735 ; 435-732 ; 435-792 ; 435 29 ; 435174 ; 436518 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to methods for the detection of low numbers of a particular microorganism or microorganisms from a mixed population, the method comprising exposing the sample to a solid support to which antibodies specific for the organism(s) are adsorbed and either growing the bound organism(s) to a detectable level followed by immunoassay or releasing the organisms from the support followed by growth on a non-selective medium and observation of the resultant colonies. The invention also relates to test kits for performing these methods.