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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2013
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Xiao Li, Germantown, MD (US);
Yongqiang Zhang, Lutherville, MD (US);
Kenneth Anthony Kopher, Baltimore, MD (US);
John D. Mantlo, Westminster, MD (US);
William Alfred Pope, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Song Shi, Reisterstown, MD (US);
Axel A. Yup, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
Described herein are methods and reagents for identifying and analyzing at least one microorganism (e.g. bacteria) in a sample and reducing the background signal intensity obtained when analyzing the sample by flow cytometry. The sample is prepared by combining the sample with a background signal-reducing molecule or with a nucleic acid stain covalently linked to a quencher. A portion of the particulate matter in the sample can optionally be removed with a resin prior to staining with a nucleic acid stain.