Patent ID: 9328389
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: C12Q

Claim Text:
1. A method of identifying Campylobacter jejuni strains in a sample suspected of containing Campylobacter jejuni DNA by polymerase chain reaction, wherein the amplification products of said polymerase chain reaction are derived from genes within the Campylobacter jejuni polysaccharide capsule (CPS) loci, comprising: (a) subjecting DNA from said sample to a PCR amplification reaction using one or more PCR primer pairs targeting one or more regions of the C. jejuni O-methyl phosphoramidate synthesis region, heptose synthesis and hyper-variable region of the Campylobacter jejuni polysaccharide capsule loci; (b) analyzing amplification products resulting from said amplification reaction, wherein said polysaccharide capsule loci is derived from Campylobacter jejuni strains selected from the group consisting of HS19, HS63, HS33, HS35, HS57, HS12, HS27, HS21, HS31, HS62, HS45, HS29, HS22, HS9, HS37, HS18, HS58, HS52, HS60, HS55, HS32, HS11, HS40, and HS38.