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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norman W. Schaad, Myersville, MD (US);
Nikolas J. Panopoulos, Iraklio-Crete, GR;
Efstathios Hatziloukas, Frederick, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ;
Abstract
A novel polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique which can specifically detect viable cells of a target cell or microorganism has been developed. The method combines a biological preamplification on growth medium with direct PCR and eliminates DNA extraction steps required for conventional PCR methods.