Inventors:
Manohar Furtado - San Ramon CA, US
Pius Brzoska - Woodside CA, US
Lily Wong - San Mateo CA, US
Melissa Barker - Gilroy CA, US
Craig Cummings - Pacifica CA, US
Assignee:
Life Technologies Corporation - Carlsbad CA
International Classification:
C12Q 1/68
US Classification:
435 611, 435 612, 536 2432, 536 2433
Abstract:
Disclosed are assays, methods and kits for the specific detection of O157:H7 and not O55:H7 from complex food matrices, water, a beverage sample, a fermentation broth, a forensic sample, an environmental sample (e.g., soil, dirt, garbage, sewage, air, or water), including food processing and manufacturing surfaces, or a biological sample.