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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7470520 | Method for identification The present invention is generally related to products and methods permitting the identification of Enterobacter species organisms. In addition, the invention provides the capability to differentiate Enterobacter infections from other acute bacterial i... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7374905 | Medium composition, method and device for selectively enhancing the isolation of anaerobic microorganisms contained in a mixed sample with facultative microorganisms The present invention is directed to a medium, broth or agar, and a method of utilizing the same, in order to isolate and/or identify anaerobes from a mixed sample that contains facultative microorganisms. The medium contains an inhibitor of the electron transport s... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7344854 | Test media for quantitative or qualitative identification and differentiation of general coliforms, and in a test sample A test medium and method for detecting, quantifying, identifying and differentiating up to four (4) separate biological materials in a test sample. A test medium is disclosed which allows quantifying and differentiating under ambient light aggregates of biological e... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7273719 | Test media for quantitative or qualitative identification and differentiation of general coliforms, , spp and spp materials in a test sample A test medium and method for detecting, quantifying, identifying and differentiating up to four (4) separate biological materials in a test sample. A test medium is disclosed which allows quantifying and differentiating under ambient light aggregates of biological e... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7166425 | Method for detecting low concentrations of a target bacterium that uses phages to infect target bacterial cells The invention is directed to a method for detecting low concentrations of bacteria in liquid solution that may or may not be complex liquid solutions. In one embodiment, immunomagnetic separation (IMS) is used to separate target bacterium that may be in a liquid mix... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7150977 | Plating media for the identification of An isolation plating medium for the identification of Salmonella bacteria in a sample containing a plurality of different bacteria comprising a mixture of a carbohydrate capable of being a metabolic source for Salmonella bacteria and supporting colonie... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148033 | Method for detection for total coliforms and An improved method for detection of total coliforms and E. coli comprising a broth containing an ingredient that will suppress growth of non-coliform gram negative bacteria, and at least one chromogen or fluorogen has been used effectively and is cost effecti... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7122338 | Method for quantification of biological material in a sample Methods for the detection and/or quantification of a biological material in a sample. The method includes the steps of liquefying the sample (if necessary) and pouring the liquefied sample into the incubation vessel. The incubation vessel has a generally flat horizo... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7122314 | Methods for detecting vancomycin-resistant microorganisms and compositions therefor A method for detecting the presence of a vancomycin-resistant microorganism in a biological sample using a single chimeric probe in a cycling probe reaction. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7018807 | Method and medium for detecting vancomycin-resistant A microbe-specific medium for detection of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in a test sample within 24 hours and preferably within 18 hours. The testing medium provides a selective growth medium for vancomycin-resistant Enterococci and includes specifi... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6969593 | Method for the selective survival or selective growth of a target cell by the use of a conjugate, its use in therapeutics and/or diagnostics and the preparation of said conjugate The invention is in particular related to a method for the selective survival or selective growth of a target cell comprising the steps of: a) contacting the target cell with a conjugate compound A-B, wherein A is a selective antibody or antibody derivative recogniz... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6955886 | Scintillation proximity assay for the detection of peptidoglycan synthesis The invention provides a scintillation proximity assay for detecting peptidoglycan synthesis. The assay is especially suitable for high throughput screening of compounds affecting peptidoglycan synthesis. ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6905691 | Vaccines containing attenuated bacteria The invention relates to a vaccine comprising a bacterium attenuated by a non-reverting mutation in a gene encoding a protein which promotes folding of extracytoplasmic proteins. Such mutations were initially identified as being useful in vaccines from a bank of ran... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6861247 | Salmonella secreted proteins and uses thereof Substantially pure Salmonella secreted proteins (Ssp), the sercetion of which is dependent upon the expession of PrgH; methods of diagnosing Salmonella infection; and live attenuated vaccine strains in which Ssp secretion is decreased. ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6844199 | Direct detection of bacteria-antibody complexes via UV resonance Raman spectroscopy A system for the detection of bacteria based on bacteria-antibody complexes. Bacteria attached to antibody are detected with resonance Raman spectroscopy. The bacteria are detected directly in a great numerical excess, e.g. 100 to 10,000 of antibody molecules. A sam... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6797485 | Mass spectrometry of colonization factors Disclosed herein are methods for identifying at least one bacterial colonization factor of enterotoxigenic E. coil which comprise the following steps in the following order: 1) obtaining the colonization factor; 2) solubilizing the colonization factor by diss... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6787332 | Test media and quantitative or qualitative method for identification and differentiation of E. coli, general coliforms, salmonella, and aeromonas in a test sample A test medium and method for detecting, quantifying, identifying and differentiating up to four (4) separate biological materials in a test sample. A test medium is disclosed which allows quantifying and differentiating under ambient light aggregates of biological e... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6783950 | Method of detecting a microbe in a liquid water sample The invention relates to a method of determining the presence or absence of a target microbe in a liquid water sample, the method consisting of a) combining a liquid water sample and a powdered medium having at least one nutrient indicator, the nutrient indicator be... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6764832 | Plating media for the presumptive identification of the genus Shigella and the species Shigella sonnei and shigella boydii A solid growth plating medium in which Shigella organisms will grow and form colonies in the medium, and substantially, other microorganisms are inhibited or their colonies are differentiated from Shigella organisms. In one embodiment of the invention, colonies prod... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6730496 | Method of detecting first generation environmental-sourced microbes in an environmentally-derived sample The invention relates to a method of detecting the presence or absence of a target microbe in a liquid sample, the method comprising: providing a powdered medium having one or more nutrient indicators and ingredients to support the growth of the target microbe, the ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6670145 | Method for detection of total coliforms and E. coli An improved method for detection of total coliforms and E. coli comprising a broth containing an ingredient that will encourage growth and repair of injured coliforms, buffers to maintain a pH in the range of 6.5-8, at least one agent that suppresses grow... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6623955 | Rapid read-out biological indicator A rapid method of determining the efficacy of a sterilization cycle, and an indicator adapted to perform such method, comprising subjecting to the sterilization cycle a source of active enzyme having activity which correlates with the viability of a micro... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6617149 | Method for isolation and identification of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 and plating media for said process An isolation plating medium for use in processes for the presumptive identification of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 from a sample that also contains other strains of Escherichia coli. The plating medium comprises at least one carbohydrate that Escherichia col... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6569635 | Growth state-specific immunofluorescent probes for determining physiological state and method of use A novel method for examining bacterial growth state is carried out by measuring the levels of conserved cytosolic proteins specific for alternative growth states, using bacterial specific antibody fluorochrome-coupled probe. Utilizing the method of the in... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6548309 | Procedure for assay of liquids containing undissolved solids, semisolids or colloids In qualitative or quantitative assays which employ a test device comprising a test strip pretreated for detection of a specified target analyte dissolved in a liquid medium, the presence of solid, semisolid and/or colloidal materials in the liquid medium ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6517844 | Compositions and method for immunizing polutry The present invention is directed to vaccine compositions and methods for immunizing poultry. The vaccine compositions comprise inactivated bacterial organisms which can be administered to the poultry through oral intake of water.... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6511819 | Rapid coliform detection system A rapid method for detecting the presence or absence of coliform bacteria in a liquid or liquified dairy sample, for example, skimmed milk, lowfat milk, or whole milk. A growth medium containing a fluorogenic substrate is combined with the dairy sample an... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6461833 | Method to detect bacteria The present invention relates to a method for enhancing the time of response of an assay for a first bacterium, wherein: a) the first bacterium is exposed to infection by phage particles to which the first bacterium is permissive; b) the infected bacteriu... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6436649 | Method for detecting and/or quantifying a hapten in a homogeneous phase and device for implementation thereof The invention discloses a method for detecting and/or quantifying a hapten in a homogeneous phase, comprising the following steps: adding a known quantity of a hapten inhibitor complex to the solution containing the hapten to be detected and/or quantified... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6428976 | Rapid identification of microorganisms A method of determining whether a test microorganism is a known microorganism, involving use of an agent that specifically affects the growth of the known microorganism. The invention also features a method of identifying E. coli O157:H7 that are based on... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6391652 | Immunoassay method and immunoassay kit An immunoassay method comprising bringing an immobilized phase comprising, at different positions on a water-absorbable base material, at least two first immunity substances capable of specifically binding with at least two kinds of assay target substance... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6379918 | Composition, formulae, devices and methods for control of specificity and inclusivity of microorganisms containing closely related antigen epitopes Compositions, formulae, devices and methods for the detection of target microorganisms, such as by visual immunoprecipitate assay, enzyme linked immunoassay, chemiluminescence, immunoblotting, or similar detection technology, wherein detection requires th... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6365368 | Rapid method for the detection and quantification of microbes in water The present invention concerns methods of testing water for microbe contamination. The methods of the invention comprise supplementing existing methods with assays using specific reagents such as monoclonal antibodies. The invention also concerns a device... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6355449 | Method and medium for detecting vancomycin-resistant enterococcus A microbe-specific medium for detection of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in a test sample within 24 hours and preferably within 18 hours. The testing medium provides a selective growth medium for vancomycin-resistant Enterococci and includes specific n... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6350588 | Test media and quantitative or qualitative method for identification and differentiation of biological materials in a test sample A test medium and method for detecting, quantifying, identifying and differentiating up to four (4) separate biological materials in a test sample. A test medium is disclosed which allows quantifying and differentiating under ambient light aggregates of b... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6329166 | Detection of first generational environmental sourced microbes in an environmentally-derived sample The presence or absence of a predetermined target first generation environmental sourced microbe in an environmentally derived sample is determined by adding a testing medium to the sample, or vice versa. The testing medium provides a selective growth med... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6306621 | Membrane filter agar medium for simultaneous detection of total coliforms and E. coli An improved method for detection of total coliforms and E. coli comprising a broth containing an ingredient that will encourage growth and repair of injured coliforms, buffers to maintain a pH in the range of 6.5-8, at least one agent that suppresses grow... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6210911 | Rapid Identification of Escherichia coli O157:H7 A method of determining whether a test microorganism is a known microorganism, involving use of an agent that specifically affects the growth of the known microorganism. The invention also features a method of identifying E. coli O157:H7 that are based on... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6168924 | Limulus reaction-activating substance, method for inactivating the substance and measuring its amount, and method for measuring limulus reaction The presence of endotoxin in the outer membrane of cell wall of a Gram-negative bacteria is used to determine bacterial contamination in a biological product. The amount of endotoxin present in a biological product is accurately measured without influence... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6165743 | Culture medium for revealing enterohemorrhagic E. coli bacteria and procedure therefor The invention concerns a culture medium and a method for revealing enterohemorrhagic E. coli bacteria, particularly serotypes O157 and/or O11, comprising a chromogenic substrate compound of the -galactosidase enzyme. The invention likewise concerns... | 12/26/2000 |
