Patent ID: 9637800
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: C12Q

Claim:
1. A method for detecting the presence or absence of Streptococcus equi in a biological sample, the method comprising the steps of: (a) adding a control bacterial strain to the biological sample, wherein the sample is obtained from an animal subject, and wherein the genome of the control bacterial strain contains a target sequence region comprising the nucleotide sequence of: 5′-CCGTGTATTACGCATGCGGGTAGATTATGTAGGTAGAGACATCCAGGTCAAGTTCTCGAC CTTCTCGTGGGAGGTGAACCAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 1); (b) assessing the sample for the presence or absence of the (c) assessing the sample for the presence of the target sequence region within the control bacterial strain, wherein detection of the target sequence region within the control bacterial strain is indicative of an accurate result for step (b).