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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1997
Tomoko Nakayama, Osaka, JP;
Jun Tada, Muko, JP;
Shigeru Fukushima, Otsu, JP;
Tetsuo Ohashi, Kyoto, JP;
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A synthetic oligonucleotide which is complementary to a nucleotide sequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of the Shiga toxin gene of Shigella species, the ipaH gene of Shigella species and EIEC, the invE gene of Shigella species and EIEC, the araC gene of Salmonella species, the Verocytotoxin-1 gene of EHEC or VTEC, the Verocytotoxin-2 gene of EHEC or VTEC, the toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 gene of,, the ctx gene of,, and the enterotoxin gene of,; a method for detecting a bacterial strain by amplifying a region of the above gene by PCR using the above oligonucleotides as primers and detecting the amplified region; and a kit for the detection of the bacterial strain.