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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Joyce Marie Stroot, Parker, CO (US);
Peter George Stroot, Parker, CO (US);
Kelly M. Leach, Tampa, FL (US);
Daniel Van Lim, Tampa, FL (US);
Inventors:
Joyce Marie Stroot, Parker, CO (US);
Peter George Stroot, Parker, CO (US);
Kelly M. Leach, Tampa, FL (US);
Daniel Van Lim, Tampa, FL (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, Tampa, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/56911 (2013.01);
Abstract
The subject invention concerns materials and methods for detecting a target cell in a population. Methods of the invention comprise internally labeling cells via fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using probes that target rRNA, followed by binding of capture antibodies targeted (CAT) for specific cell surface epitopes on the target cells. In one embodiment, the target cells are bacterial cells.