Patent ID: 6320036
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: A61K,A61P,C07K,C12N,Y10S

Abstract:
An isolated polynucleotide segment comprising: a first polynucleotide sequence, wherein the first polynucleotide sequence is selected from the group consisting of:(a) a polynucleotide consisting of SEQ ID NO:1; and,(b) a nucleic acid sequence identical to the polynucleotide of (a) except that, over the entire length corresponding to the polynucleotide of (a), up to thirty nucleotides are substituted, deleted or inserted for every 100 nucleotides of the polynucleotide of (a); and,wherein the first polynucleotide sequence is not chromosomal DNA and wherein the nucleic acid sequence detects Staphylococcus aureus by hybridization.