Patent ID: 7560228
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: C12N

Abstract:
1. A method of isolating nucleic acid from a sample of eukaryotic or prokaryotic cells, said method comprising: (a) providing a solid support and mixing it with the cell sample and allowing binding of cells in said sample to the solid support to isolate cells from the sample, (b) separating the cells bound to the solid support from the remainder of the sample by pipetting or decanting, thereby concentrating the cells, (c) lysing the isolated cells, and (d) binding nucleic acid released from said lysed cells to a solid support that consists of the same solid support as in step (a); wherein said method further comprises the step of: (e) eluting nucleic acid from said same solid support; or (f) detecting the nucleic acid bound to the same solid support.