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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2010
John H. Paul, Saint Petersburg, FL (US);
David E. John, Clearwater, FL (US);
John H. Paul, Saint Petersburg, FL (US);
David E. John, Clearwater, FL (US);
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
Substituting fish of lesser value for high priced fish such as grouper has become a major problem for restaurants, wholelsalers, and the general public. A method based upon nucleic acid amplification enables clear differentiation between grouper and potential substitutes. The nucleic acid is incubated with a molecular beacon probe thereby allowing detection of the hybridized molecular beacon probe. All grouper, including the fresh market sample, were successfully confirmed as grouper. Several non-grouper samples obtained fresh and frozen from the market were also tested; none were detected as grouper.