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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:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lawrence Restaino, Elburn, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/04 ; C12Q 1/06 ; C12Q 1/08 ; C12Q 1/02 ; G01N 3/353 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/04 ; C12Q 1/06 ; C12Q 1/08 ; C12Q 1/02 ; G01N 3/353 ;
Abstract
A solid growth plating medium in which Shigella organisms will grow and form colonies in the medium, and substantially, other microorganisms are inhibited or their colonies are differentiated from Shigella organisms. In one embodiment of the invention, colonies produced by Shigella appear with the color of the plating medium, usually a clear off-white color, that can be readily observed. In another embodiment, the fact that and produce the enzyme alpha-galactosidase, but most and strains do not, is utilized with a chromogenic substrate to produce colonies of these microorganisms of a distinguishing color.