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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:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michel Magot, Saint-Orens de Gameville, FR;
Gilles Ravot, Generac, FR;
Assignee:
Elf Exploration Production, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for the detection of sulphate-reducing bacteria in a sample which is likely to contain them, the said method comprising the extraction of the DNA or of the RNA from the said sample and the detection of at least one fragment of the APS reductase gene or at least one fragment of the mRNA transcribed from the APS reductase gene, an indicator of the presence of sulphate-reducing bacteria in the said sample.