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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2011
Yannick Fovet, Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE;
Adrien Ducret, Bloomington, IN (US);
Sam Dukan, Marseilles, FR;
Marina Periame, Marseilles, FR;
Yannick Fovet, Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE;
Adrien Ducret, Bloomington, IN (US);
Sam Dukan, Marseilles, FR;
Marina Periame, Marseilles, FR;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method for detecting and enumerating viable microorganisms in a sample suspected of containing said microorganisms: (1) contacting said microorganisms of said sample with repair compounds and a growth medium, and (2) incubating the product of step (1),and (3) detecting and enumerating said microorganisms, in which the microorganisms are of the species, and in which the repair compounds comprise: (a)serine;(b)threonine;(c)a compound containing calcium ions at a dose of 10to 10mM;(d)a compound containing magnesium ions at a dose of 10to 10mM;(e)a compound containing potassium ions;(f) glutamic acid or a salt thereof; and (g)pyruvic acid or a salt thereof. The invention also discloses a kit for detecting and enumerating viable microorganisms of the speciesin a sample suspected of containing said microorganisms.