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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:
Oct. 29, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dale A Pelletier, Southborough, MA (US);
William G Weisburg, Milford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Amoco Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 536 243 ; 536 2432 ; 536 2433 ;
Abstract
Nucleic acid sequences which hybridize preferentially to the 16S or 23S rRNA or rDNA of Legionella sp., L. pneumophila, L. micdadei, a L. pneumophila, or a Legionella subset are taught. These organisms are the etiological agents of Legionnaires' disease, Pontiac fever, Pittsburgh pneumonia and other infections. The nucleic acids are useful in the detection of these pathogenic microorganisms. Probes based on these sequences and kits containing the probes are also disclosed.