Compositions for use in identification of bacteria
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Abstract
The present invention provides oligonucleotide primers and compositions and kits containing the same for rapid identification of bacteria by amplification of a segment of bacterial nucleic acid followed by molecular mass analysis.
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72 Claims
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1-30. -30. (canceled)
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31. A purified oligonucleotide primer pair comprising a forward primer and a reverse primer, said primer pair configured to generate an amplicon of between 54 consecutive nucleobases in length and 75 consecutive nucleobases in length from the sequence shown in GenBank accession number Y14051, said forward primer consisting of 15 to 24 consecutive nucleobases from SEQ ID NO:
- 183, and said reverse primer consisting of 15 to 27 consecutive nucleobases from SEQ ID NO;
538. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
- 183, and said reverse primer consisting of 15 to 27 consecutive nucleobases from SEQ ID NO;
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54. A purified oligonucleotide pair, comprising a forward primer and a reverse primer, wherein said forward primer consists of 15 to 24 consecutive nucleobases selected from the sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 183 and said reverse primer consists of 15 to 27 consecutive nucleobases selected from the sequence of SEQ ID NO;
538, which primer pair is configured to generate an amplicon between 54 and 100 consecutive nucleobases in length from the sequence shown in GenBank accession number Y14051. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 72)
- 183 and said reverse primer consists of 15 to 27 consecutive nucleobases selected from the sequence of SEQ ID NO;
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66. A kit comprising a purified oligonucleotide primer pair and at least one additional purified oligonucleotide primer pair selected from Table 1.
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