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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2009
Jonathan Drew Smith, Boulder, CO (US);
Breanna Leigh Dreiling, Longmont, CO (US);
Breanna Christine Smith, Lyons, CO (US);
John H. Wheeler, Boulder, CO (US);
Jonathan Drew Smith, Boulder, CO (US);
Breanna Leigh Dreiling, Longmont, CO (US);
Breanna Christine Smith, Lyons, CO (US);
John H. Wheeler, Boulder, CO (US);
MicroPhage (TM) Incorporated, Longmont, CO (US);
Abstract
A method of determining the presence or absence of a target microorganism in a sample to be tested, the method comprising: (a) combining with the sample an amount of bacteriophage capable of attaching to the target microorganism to create a bacteriophage-exposed sample; (b) providing conditions to the bacteriophage-exposed sample sufficient to allow the bacteriophage to attach to the target microorganism while inhibiting phage replication in a potentially cross-reactive, non-target microorganism; and (c) assaying the bacteriophage-exposed sample to detect the presence or absence of a bacteriophage marker to determine the presence or absence of the target microorganism; wherein the amount of the bacteriophage is between 10% to 70% of the threshold number of bacteriophage that the assay can detect, or between 1×10pfu/mL and 7×10pfu/mL.