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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2012
Applicants:
David R. Goodlett, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert K. Ernst, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Ying Sonia Ting, Seattle, WA (US);
Yu Chieh “philip” Kao, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
David R. Goodlett, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert K. Ernst, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Ying Sonia Ting, Seattle, WA (US);
Yu Chieh “Philip” Kao, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignees:
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE, Baltimore, MD (US);
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/48 (2006.01); C12Q 1/04 (2006.01); G06F 19/14 (2011.01); G06F 19/28 (2011.01); G06G 7/58 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/04 (2013.01); G06F 19/14 (2013.01); G06F 19/28 (2013.01); H01J 49/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for identifying bacteria by analysis of lipid A and/or lipoteichoic acid structure and/or mass spectrometry ionization patterns.